AHSEC Class 11 Economics Question Paper 2016 [H.S 1st Year Economics Papers]

2016

ECONOMICS

Full Marks: 100

Time: Three hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks fOr the questions.

PART A: STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS

1. Answer the following questions:

a) Statistics deals with only quantitative data. (True/False)   1

b) What do you mean by statistical enquiry?  1

c) What is primary data?   1

d) Find out mode from the following data:    1

2, 3, 5, 2, 2, 7, 5, 2

e) What do you mean by zero correlation?   1

f) What is a project?   1

2. Write two importance of the study of statistics in economics.    2

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What do you mean by economic and non-economic activities?   2

3. State two advantages of classification of data.   2

4. Mention two sources of secondary data.    2

5. What is arithmetic mean? Write its one advantage.   2

6. What is range? Calculation range from the following data: 46  57  28  65  85  61  58   2

7. What do you mean by consumer price index number?  2

8. State four characteristics of a good average.    4

9. Find out mean deviation from the following data: 25  20  18  15  23  17  24   2+2=4

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State two merits and two demerits of standard deviation.

10. What do you mean by positive and negative correlation? Write two characteristics of co-efficient of cOrrelation. 2+2=4

11. State two uses and two limitations of index number.   2+2=4

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Calculate price relatives from the following data taking 2010 as the base year:

Year:	2010	2011	2012	2013
Price:	70	85	35	20

12. Mention the steps in preparing a project.

13. State an advantage of a diagram. Point out a difference between diagram and graph. Expenditure of a family in different heads in a year is as follows:    1+1+4=6

Heads of Expenditure	Expenditure (in Rs.)
Food	200
Clothes	120
House rent	150
Electricity	30
Miscellaneous	100

Represent the above data with the help of a pie-diagram.

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What is sampling? Discuss sampling and non-sampling errOrs.

14. Calculate quartile deviation from the following data:    1+5=6

Roll No.:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Marks:	20	28	40	12	30	15	50

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What is index number? Discuss the steps in constructing index number.

PART B: INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

15. (a) Define Planning.    1

(b) What was the main source of livelihood in India at the pre-independence period?  1

(c) What do you mean by seasonal unemployment?  1

(d) Name a financial institution that supplies industrial finance in India.    1

(e) What is environment?  1

(f) When was the First Five year plan commenced in India? 1

16. What is mixed economy? Do you think that it is fruitful to an under-developed country? 2

17. Name two employment generation programmes adopted by the Government of India.  2

18. Give two arguments fOr new economic refOrms.   2

19. Give two arguments against privatisation.   2

20. Write two causes of rapid growth of population in India.   2

21. Give two examples of non-renewable resource.    2

22. State four problems of human capital fOrmation in India.   4

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Discuss the role of education in economic development of a community.

23. State two advantages and two disadvantages of liberalisation.  2+2=4

24. What do you mean by rural development? Mention two subjects related to rural development.  2+2=4

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Mention four causes of environmental pollution.

25. Write two causes of poverty in India. Suggest two measures to remove poverty in India.   2+2=4

26. Point out four indicatOrs of human development of a country.  4

27. Discuss the role of agriculture in economic development of India.  6

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Discuss the common objectives of five-year planning of India.

28. Discuss the non-institutional sources which supply rural credit in India.   6

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Discuss the relevance of infrastructure in developing the socio-economic aspects of a country.  

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