PSEB SS Home Science case studies

PSEB SS Home Science · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The PSEB Senior Secondary (12th Class) Home Science examination is a board-level subject 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. Home Science is offered as a subject within the Board's senior secondary curriculum, and the Board publishes the material candidates need to prepare: a subject syllabus, textbooks and e-books, a question bank, the structure of the question paper, and model test papers or sample question papers. The PSEB SS Home Science case studies are 5 cases and about 4,760 words.

Absent Savings, Unequal Goals: Budgeting on an Irregular Income

Harpreet Kaur teaches in a government school in Bathinda and takes home ₹34,000 a month. Her husband does seasonal agricultural labour and brings in ₹12,000 in a good month and nothing in a bad one.

838 words, about 4 min 2

Haemoglobin 8.4 in Pregnancy: Diet, Tea and Iron Tablets

Gurmeet, 24, is five months pregnant and lives in a village near Patiala. Her antenatal report shows haemoglobin 8.4 g/dL.

1,037 words, about 5 min 3

Three-Year-Old with Fifteen Words and a Phone at Every Meal

Amanpreet, 3 years 2 months, lives with his parents and grandparents in Ludhiana. His mother works in a bank and leaves at 8:30 a.m.; his grandmother cares for him and feeds him lunch in front of a smartphone because 'otherwise he does not eat'.

949 words, about 5 min 4

Hot Oil Burn in a Person with Diabetes, Plus a Black Toe

Baldev Singh, 62, a retired farmer in a village near Moga, has had type 2 diabetes for 11 years on oral medicines; his fasting sugar last week was 186 mg/dL. While frying pakoras at a family function he tips a pan of hot oil over his right forearm and hand.

950 words, about 5 min 5

A Turmeric-Stained Cotton-Silk Kurta and a Shrunken Woollen Sweater

Simran has two items to rescue before a wedding. Her mother's cotton-silk kurta, which cost ₹1,800, was splattered with hot turmeric-dal while cooking; it was then washed in hot water and scrubbed with a detergent bar, and the yellow stain has set.

986 words, about 5 min