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CLASS: XI Model Examination TIME: 3 HR
DATE: ECONOMICS MARKS: 200
Part- A (50x1=50)
I. Choose the correct answer:
1. The Mercantilists’ gave utmost importance to
a. Agriculture b. manufacturing industry c. Trade d. Imports.
2. The father of New Economics is
a. Adam Smith b. Marshall c. Karl Marx d. J.M. Keynes
3______ refers to the rate of death occurring per thousand new born babies.
a. Natality b. Mortality c. infant mortality d. death rate
4. The Planning Commission of India defined poverty on the basis of
a. Income b. Consumption c. Calorie intake of food d. Employment
5. The difference between NNP and NDP is
a. Depreciation b. Current transfers from rest of the world
c. Indirect tax d. Net factor income from abroad.
6. Planning in India is
a) Centralized planning b) Democratic planning
c) Partial Planning d) Indicative planning
7. The first Five Year Plan of India was launched in
a) 1947 b) 1951 c) 1956 d) 1961
8. Agricultural productivity can be measured in terms of
a. consumption of fertilizer b. Irrigational facilities
c. Land and labour productivity d. Mechanization
9. Nearly 20% of the cultivated area is irrigated by
a. Tube wells b. Storage canals c. Perennial canals d. Tanks
10. The new industrial policy was announced in
a.1980 b. 1984 c. 1991 d. 2001
11. A nation’s real strength is reflected in its
a. agriculture b. Export c. Import d. Industrial development
12. The first bank in India was established in
a. 1770 b. 1806 c. 1801 d. 1782
13. The data obtained from published or unpublished by some agency are called
 a. Primary data b. Secondary data c. Statistics d. Information
14. The most stable measure of variability is
a. Variance b. Mean c. Median d. Mode

II. Fill in the blanks:

15. The author of stages of growth theory is ______
16. ________ was the first demographer.
17. Existence of joint family system in India promotes _______
18. Consumption of fixed capital should be _____ the GNP to arrive at the NNP.
19. In Soviet Russia they had _________ planning.
20. _______means the economic processes under which agricultural goods are
exchanged.
21. Agriculture provides _______ to the Industries.
22. _______ is one of the oldest as well as the largest industries in India.
23. _______ is defined as transfer of ownership from public to private sector
24. The difference between the upper and lower limit of a class is known as ____
25. ______ refers to the number of times each variable gets repeated.
26. The simplest measure of variability is the _______ of the data.

III. Match the following:

27. Historical school - a) Germany
28. Net Income from abroad - b) foreign trade excluded
29. Mode - c) Laissez Faire Policy
30. PDI - d) U.S.A
31. Industrial development in U.K. - e) commercial banks
32. Institutional School - f) 3 Median - 2 Mean
33. 1986 - g) X-M
34. Positive check - h) Engineering
35. 1993 - i) New Agricultural price policy
36. GDP - j) Industrial policy of 1991
37. Indian Educational System - k) famine
38. Nationalisation - l) Personal income-personal taxes
- m) Green revolution

IV. Answer each one of the questions in a word or two:

39. What is the basis of European culture?
40. Which is the most well-known theory of population in Economics?
41. What is the prerequisite for the development of a nation?
42. What is the method of estimate of national income from the distribution side
is called?
43. What was the policy followed during the 19th century?
44. What is the yield per hectare called?
45. What are the ways in which agricultural productivity can be measured?
46. Expand LPG.
47. What was the main aim of Second Five Year Plan?
48. Name the first bank that was nationalized in India.
49. Which is an important requirement for a table?
50. Which is the Specialized Indicator?

Part- B (10x3=30)
II. Answer any ten of the following in a few lines:

51. Explain the concept “economic development”

52. Write a note on National Population Policy 2000.
53. Why unemployment among educated people is increasing?
54. Define national income.
55. What is Mahalanobis strategy?
56. Define Planning.
57. Define agricultural holding.
58. What is the contribution of agriculture to economic growth?
59. Define industrialization.
60. What is the use based classification of industry?
61. What is balance of payments?
62. What are the components of foreign trade?
63. How is composite index of HRD constructed?
64. Define statistics.
65. What is variance?

Part - C (6x10=60)
III. Answer any six of the following questions in about a page:

66. Explain optimum theory of population.

67. Explain the different types of loans and advances made by the commercial
banks.
68. What are the objectives of GATT and what are its methods of achieving
them?
69. What are the key objectives of the Tenth Plan?
70. Write about the disinvestment of public enterprises.
71. Explain the integrated strategies devised by the Eighth Plan for public sector
restructuring.
72. What according to Harbison and Myers are human resource indicators?
73. What are the basic choices to be made by Government while evolving HRD
strategies?
74. What is Index Number? Explain the types.
75. Explain the methods of constructing Unweighted Index Number.

Part - D (3x20=60)

IV. Answer any three of the following question in about three pages:

76. Describe Rostow’s stages of economic growth.

77. Describe the various measures taken to solve unemployment problem in
India?
78. Describe the problems in calculating the national income.
79. Examine the functions of central bank.
80. Describe in detail the factors affecting the cropping pattern.
81. Calculate the mean, median and mode for the following data.

Marks 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100

No. of 10 24 36 20 10
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