TG POLYCET case studies
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POLYCET (also written Polycet) is the entrance examination pathway into diploma-level engineering and non-engineering programmes offered through institutions under the State Board of Technical Education and Training Telangana (SBTET Telangana). The board's website links to a dedicated Polycet portal and a separate POLYCET results page, and lists 'Apply for Polycet' among its online services, so candidates should treat SBTET Telangana's site as the starting point for application and result information rather than third-party pages. The TG POLYCET case studies are 5 cases and about 2,384 words.
1Wheelchair ramp: gradient, angle and cost
A school in Warangal plans to build a straight wheelchair ramp to a classroom door whose sill is 0.75 m above the ground. The available horizontal space along the wall is 9.6 m, but the design rules require a flat landing of 1.2 m at the top of the ramp and a maximum gradient of 1 in 12 (vertical rise to horizontal run).
549 words, about 3 min2Bulb dimming on a loaded battery
A student is given a 12 V battery of internal resistance 0.5 Ω, a bulb marked '12 V, 24 W', a heater coil of resistance 3 Ω, a switch and connecting wires of negligible resistance. First the bulb alone is connected across the battery and it glows with a certain brightness.
496 words, about 2 min3Standardising HCl and the choice of indicator
A first-year diploma student is asked to standardise a hydrochloric acid solution using anhydrous sodium carbonate as the primary standard and then to use the acid to estimate the amount of sodium hydroxide in a drain-cleaning liquid. She weighs 0.530 g of dry Na2CO3, dissolves it in distilled water and makes the solution up to 100 mL.
438 words, about 2 min4Dihybrid tomato counts on a farm
A farmer in Nalgonda crosses a pure-breeding tomato variety that is tall with red fruit with a pure-breeding dwarf variety with yellow fruit. All the F1 plants are tall with red fruit.
430 words, about 2 min5Mean or median for a class award
The mathematics department of a polytechnic gives the same 100-mark test to nine second-year students who attended a remedial class. Their scores are 45, 52, 58, 61, 62, 65, 70, 74 and 88.
471 words, about 2 min