ECONOMICS QUESTION PAPER |
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General Instructions : (i) Answer to questions carrying 1 mark may be from one word to one sentence. (ii) Answer to questions carrying 3 mark may be from 60 words. (iii) Answer to questions carrying 4-5 mark may be about 70 words. (iv) Answer to questions carrying 6 mark may be about 100 words. (v) Attempt all parts of question together marks are given at the end of each question. |
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SECTION - A [Indian Economic Development] |
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Q.1. | Which of the following industries are reserved for the public sector? | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
i. DefenseEquipment ii. Atomic energy generation iii. Cement iv. Both (a) and (b) |
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Q.2. | SJSRY stands for: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
i. Swarna Jayanti Shari Rozgar Yojana ii. Shahari Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana iii. Sampooma Jeewan Shahari Rozgar Yojana iv. None of these |
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Q.3. | In the year ___, Indian Government made free and compulsory education for age group of 6 – 14 years. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
i. 2001 ii. 2002 iii. 2003 iv. 2007 |
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Q.4. | What is micro finance? |
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Q.5. | Discuss the adverse effects of partition of the country on the agriculture sector. |
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Q.6. | What is meant by privatization? What are the two ways in which privatization can be done? |
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Q.7. | Discuss the need for promoting women education in India. |
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Q.8. | What is meant by diversification of crop production? |
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Q.9. | Why and how was private sector regulated under the Industrial Policy Resolution 1956? |
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Q.10. | Write short note: | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
i. Growth-oriented approach. ii. Determination of Poverty line. |
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Q.11. | Critically appraise some of the shortfalls of the Industrial policy pursued by the British colonial administration. |
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Q.12. | What are the major factors responsible for the high growth of the service sector? |
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Q.13. | State and explain the main problems of human capital formation in India? |
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Q.14. | Critically evaluate the role of the rural banking system in the process of rural development in India. |
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SECTION - B [Statistics for Economics] |
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Q.15. | Basis reason for existence of economic problem is: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
i. Unlimited wants ii. Scarcity iii. Alternative uses iv. None of these |
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Q.16. | Primary data is preferred over secondary data where: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
i. Time available is short ii. Accuracy is important iii. Sufficient finance is not available iv. Much accuracy is not required |
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Q.17. | What is meant by dispersion? |
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Q.18. | Which method would you use if there is some common factor of the deviation of the items? |
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Q.19. | Discuss the importance of statistics in Business. |
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Q.20. | Find out mode of the following series: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Q.21. |
The availability of fresh water may become the most crucial problem over the coming decades. Enumerate some of the steps which need to be taken to save water? |
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Q.22. | Convert the following cumulative frequency series into simple frequencyseries. | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Q.23. |
You have unlimited wants and limited resources to satisfy them. Explain by giving two examples. |
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Q.24. | The sum of 10 values is 100 and the sum of their squares is 1090. Find the coefficient of variation. |
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Q.25. | Distinguish between ‘primary data’ and ‘secondary data’. Which data is more reliable and why? |
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Q.26. | Following information pertains to the daily income of 150 families. Calculate the arithmetic mean. | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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If the mean of the data given below is 28, find: |
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i. Missing frequency ii. Median of the series. |
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Q.28. |
To check the quality of two brands of light bulbs, their life in burning hours was estimated as under for 100 bulbs of each brand. |
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i. Which brand gives higher life? ii. Which brand is more dependable? |
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