Council of Higher Secondary Education
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Council of Higher Secondary Education |
| One Paper | 3 Hours | 100 Marks |
| First Half | ||
INDIAN ECONOMY |
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| Units | 50 Marks | |
1. |
Evolution, of the Indian Economy up to 1947 |
10 Periods |
| Impact of British rule in the Indian Economy. Growth of capitalist enterprises. Economic consequences of British rule in India. | ||
2. |
General Economic Development Since Independence |
35 Periods |
| Natural resources and economic development; Nature of the Indian economy; Meaning of Economic Growth; National Income and Economic Growth; Factors of Economic Growth. Development plans - Objectives, strategies and achievements; Economic growth and structural changes. | ||
3. |
Current Problems of the Indian Economy |
25 Periods |
| Population explosion-nature, causes, consequences and remedies. Problems of poverty, inequality and unemployment. Price trends; Foreign trade and Balance of payments. | ||
4. |
Sectoral Development Since Independence |
30 Periods |
| Agricultural development and the food problem; Agrariani reforms; Industrial policy and development; Small-scale and household industries; Transport and Communications; Development or human resources-education and training, health and nutrition, housing and civic amenities. |
| Units | 50 Marks | |
5. |
Role of Statistics in Economic Analysis |
10 Periods |
| Nature and scope of statistics; Definition of Statistics ; Need for empirical and quantitative analysis. | ||
6. |
Collection and organisation of Statistical Data |
20 Periods |
| Primary and secondary data, census and sample methods of data collection (elementary aspects only). | ||
7. |
Presentation of Data |
30 Periods |
| Tables; Diagrams-bar diagrams, pie diagrams, frequency curves and ogives; Time series. | ||
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Condensation of Data |
40 Periods |
| Measures of central tendency-mean, median and mode; partition values - quartiles, deciles and percentiles; Measures of dispersion-range, mean deviation, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, skew ness and kurtosis; Index Numbers (concepts only). | ||
Books-Recommended
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| One Paper | 3 Hours | 100 Marks |
Introduction to Economic Theory |
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| First Half |
| Units | Micro Economics | 50 Marks |
1. |
Nature and scope of Economics |
10 Periods |
| Definition and Scope of Economics ; Micro and 1Maerc, Economics ; Important economic terms and concepts ; Nature of economic activities ; Positive, normative and applied economics. | ||
2. |
Production |
20 Periods |
| Meaning of production ; Factors of production- Land, Labour, Capital and organisation ; Laws of returns and Returns to scale. | ||
3. |
Demand, Supply and Price |
50 Periods |
| Law of demand, elasticity of demand, shifts in demand, Law of supply, elasticity of supply, shifts in supply. Average, marginal and total Cost. Average, marginal and total Revenue. Perfect competition ; equilibrium Price and output under perfect competition. Sllifts in demand and supply and changes in the equilibrium price. Other market forms : monopoly, duopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition. | ||
4. |
Distribution |
20 Periods |
| An Elementary treatment of the pricing of factors of production- Rent, Wages,
Interest and Profits. |
| Units | 50 Marks |
5. |
National Income Accounting |
10 Periods |
| Concepts of National Income: System of National Accounting ; Generation and measurement of national income; Utility of national income studies. | ||
6. |
Macro Economic Theory |
35 Periods |
| Aggregate demand and Aggregate supply and their mutual relationship ; Consumption, saving and investment functions ; Rate of interest and income ; Equality of Saving and Investment. | ||
7. |
Money and Banking |
25 Periods |
| Meaning, kinds, functions and qualities of money , Evolution of money ; Quantity theory of money and value of money. Banking- Meaning and types of banks ; Functions of Commercial and Central Banks. | ||
8. |
Public Finance |
30 Periods |
| Public and Private Finance ; sources of public income, Canons of taxation ; Types of Taxes and principles of taxation ; Public expenditure and its effects ; Meaning and types of public debts and modes of repayment. | ||
Books Recommended
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