1. Weightage by type of questions
Type | No of Q'ns | Marks | Total | Estimated time a candidate is expected to take to answer |
Long answer questions | 6 | 6 | 36 | 60 minutes |
Short answer questions I | 6 | 4 | 24 | 36 minutes |
Short answer questions II | 10 | 3 | 30 | 36 minutes |
Very short answer questions | 10 | 1 | 10 | 15 minutes |
2. Weightage by content
Unit No. | Unit Title | Marks |
1 | Introduction | 4 |
2 | Consumer Equilibrium and Demand | 18 |
3 | Producer Behaviour and Supply | 18 |
4 | Forms of Market and Price Determination | 10 |
5 | National Income and Related Aggregates | 15 |
6 | Money and Banking | 8 |
7 | Determination of Income and Employment | 12 |
8 | Government Budget and the Economy | 8 |
9 | Balance of Payments | 7 |
Total | 100 |
3. Difficulty level of the question paper
Level | Marks | %age of the total marks |
A. Easy :(Can be attempted satisfactorily by students who have gone through the study material) | 30 | 30 |
B. Average :(Can be attempted by students who have regularly studied the study material but may not have given sufficient time to writing.) | 50 | 50 |
C. Difficult :(Can be attempted by top students) | 20 | 20 |
4. Scheme of Options : There is no overall choice. However, there is an internal choice in one question of 6 marks, one question of 4 marks and one question of 3 marks in each section. Thus there will be internal choice to 6 questions.
5.Values based questions :The question paper will contain values based question/questions to the extent of 5 marks.
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