CUET PG case studies
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CUET (PG) is the Common University Entrance Test for Postgraduate programmes, one of the national examinations listed by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the body established by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to conduct entrance examinations for admission or fellowship in higher educational institutions. The exam is delivered in computer based test mode and is organised subject-wise: NTA publishes a subject-wise schedule, releases admit cards in batches by examination date, and later displays provisional answer keys together with recorded responses so candidates can raise challenges. The CUET PG case studies are 5 cases and about 3,474 words.
1Fare Cap on a City Bus Corridor: Shortage, Revenue and Two Policy Options
A state transport authority caps the fare on a busy city corridor at ₹80 per trip. Before the cap, monthly demand and supply on the corridor were estimated as Qd = 1,200 − 4P and Qs = 200 + 6P, where Q is in thousand trips and P is the fare in rupees.
744 words, about 4 min2Enzyme Inhibition Data: When the Kinetic Pattern and the Protocol Disagree
A postgraduate student studies a purified dehydrogenase that converts substrate S to product P. Steady-state assays at 25 °C, with S varied from 0.25 to 20 mM, give a clean Michaelis–Menten fit: Km = 2.0 mM and Vmax = 120 micromol per min per mg.
754 words, about 4 min3Make-or-Buy for an Auto Component: Absorbed Overhead, Opportunity Cost and the Indifference Volume
Sunrise Auto Components makes 20,000 units a year of a bracket it could also buy from an approved vendor. The internal cost sheet shows direct material ₹50, direct labour ₹25, variable overhead ₹10, and fixed overhead absorbed at ₹30 per unit (total ₹6,00,000 at 20,000 units).
688 words, about 3 min4Evaluating a Pre-Post Wellbeing Workshop: Attrition, History and Effect Size
A consultancy evaluates a two-day 'resilience at work' workshop. Seventy-two employees of a call centre are enrolled; 60 complete both the pre-test and the post-test four weeks later.
547 words, about 3 min5Choosing a Sort Routine Under a Hard Memory Cap: Crossover Points and Workloads
A team is choosing between two internal sorting routines for a log-processing service. Routine M is a merge sort: about 4n log2 n key comparisons and an auxiliary buffer of 8n bytes.
741 words, about 4 min