Punjab PSEB Matric Agriculture case studies
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The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Matriculation Examination is the Class 10 board examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board, which came into existence through a legislative enactment in November 1969 for the development and promotion of school education in the state of Punjab. Agriculture is offered as a vocational group subject within this examination; the Board publishes a Vocational Group Syllabus (the 2026-27 edition is listed on its site) and maintains a Vocational Section. The Punjab PSEB Matric Agriculture case studies are 5 cases and about 3,719 words.
1Late-sown wheat after a delayed paddy harvest
Gurpreet Singh has 4 hectares of irrigated land in Ludhiana district. His paddy was harvested on 12 November, but a low patch held standing water for ten days after an unseasonal shower, so the field could be prepared and levelled only by 15 December.
746 words, about 4 min2Pink bollworm build-up in Bt cotton
Harjit Kaur grows 2 hectares of Bt cotton (BG-II hybrid) sown on 10 May on sandy loam soil. She installed 8 pheromone traps per hectare and counts them every morning.
709 words, about 4 min3Reading a soil test report with high pH
Balwinder Singh has a soil test report from the district soil testing laboratory for his 1.6 hectare field: pH 8.8, electrical conductivity 0.35 dS/m, organic carbon 0.30 percent, available nitrogen low (105 kg/ha), available phosphorus medium (16 kg/ha Olsen P) and available potassium high (320 kg/ha). He grows a paddy-wheat rotation and irrigates from a tube well.
735 words, about 4 min4Falling milk yield in an early-lactation buffalo
Karamjit Kaur keeps four Murrah buffaloes in a village near Bathinda. Her best animal, in its third lactation, calved 40 days ago and is giving 7.5 kg of milk a day at 6.2 percent fat.
783 words, about 4 min5Damp, insect-infested wheat held for a better price
Jaswant Singh harvested 25 quintals of wheat in mid-April and stacked the bags in a room attached to his house, next to the kitchen. A moisture meter at the grain market read 14.5 percent in June and he decided to wait for a better price.
746 words, about 4 min