TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.

Certificate of Recommendation i

Certificate of Approval ii

Declaration of Candidate iii

Acknowledgement iv

Abstract v
Table of Content vi
List of Figures viii
List of Tables ix

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1-6

1.1 Background 1

1.2 Motivation 2

1.3 Introduction of Question Answering System 2

1.4 Architecture of Question Answering System 3

1.5 Thesis Objective 6

1.6 Thesis Outline 6

1.7 Summary 7

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CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

8
2.1 Literature Review
10
2.2 Major Contribution
11
2.3 Comparative Study of Prominent Work
12
2.4 Summary

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 CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION 13-20

3.1 Problem Domain 13

3.2 Problem Identification 15

3.3 Existing System 19

3.4 Summary 20

CHAPTER 4: PROPOSED WORK 24-32

4.1 Proposed Work 24

4.2 Recommendation Algorithm 26

4.3 Implementation Details 27

4.4 Tools Used 29

4.5 Implementation & Reference Classes 30

4.6 GUI Design 31

4.7 Summary 32

CHAPTER 5: RESULT ANALYSIS 33-40

5.1 Result Analysis 33

5.2 Result Evaluation 35

5.3 Summary 40

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION & FUTURE WORK 41-41

6.1 Conclusion 41

6.2 Future Work 41

References 42
List of Publication 44
Certificates of Paper 45
Published Papers 46
Plagiarism Report 48

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 LIST OF FIGURES
Figure No. Figure Name Page No.

1.1 Block Diagram of Question Answering System 1

1.2 Basic Process of Extraction Answer 3

1.3 Architecture of Question Answer System 5

3.1 Block Diagram of Existing Question Answering System 14

3.2 Work Flow Diagram of Existing Question Answering System 20

3.3 Existing Work Flow Diagram 21

4.1 Proposed System Architecture 25

4.2 Flow Chart of Proposed System 26

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LIST OF TABLES

Table No. Table Name Page No.

2.1 Comparatively Study 11

4.1 Identification System 24

4.2 Reference Classes 30