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Sample Paper-05 (2016-17)

Economics
Class – XI

Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 90


General Instructions:
(a) All questions are compulsory.
(b) Question no. 1 to 3 and 13 to 14 are very short answer type questions carrying 1 mark each.
(c) Question no. 4 to 8 and 15 to 18 are short answer type questions carrying 3 marks each.
(d) Question no. 9 and 19 to 20 are also short answer type questions carrying 4 marks each.
(e) Question no. 10 to 12 and 21 to 23 are long answer type questions carrying 6 marks each.
(f) Question no. 24 to 25 are Open Text Based Assessment questions carrying 5 marks each.

Section A
1. State the meaning of frequency curve.
2. Define index number.
3. State the kinds of correlation.
4. Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative data.
5. Prepare a blank table to show the percentage of rural and urban population in India in 1981,
1991, 2001, and 2011
6. Explain any 3 merits and demerits each of arithmetic mean.
7. From the following data, compute the coefficient of correlation between X and Y series.
X Series Y Series
Number of items 6 6
Arithmetic mean 350 138
Squares of deviations from mean 19 94

Summation of product of deviations of X and Y series from their respective arithmetic mean=41.
8. (A) If mean of a series is 30 and mode is 25. Find Median.
(B) The wholesale price index in India is continuously rising over the year 2012 and 2013.
Which value is compromised with the rising wholesale price index?
9. With mean as the base, calculate the mean deviation and compare the variability of the two
series A and B.
Series A 10 12 16 20 25 27 30
Series B 10 20 22 25 27 31 40

10. (A) Distinguish between exclusive method and inclusive method.


(B) Why open – end distributions are used?
11. (A) What are the difficulties in the construction of consumer price index?
(B) An enquiry into the budgets of middle class families in a certain city gave the following
information:
Expenses on Food 35% Fuel 10% Clothing 20% Rent 15% Other 20%
Price in 2004 (Rs) 1500 250 750 300 400
Price in 1995 (Rs) 1400 200 500 200 250

What is the cost of living index of 2004 as compared to 1995?

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12. Calculate the coefficient of correlation of the following data by spearman’s rank correlation
method:
X 19 24 12 23 19 16
Y 9 22 20 14 22 18

Section B
13. Name some notable economist, who estimated India’s per capita income during the colonial
period.
14. What is the most important function of RBI?
15. How are bilateral trade agreements different from multilateral trade agreements? Who
facilitates these agreements?
16. Was there any positive impact of the British rule in India? Explain.
17. State any four failures of the Indian plans.
18. Discuss the areas where India has an edge over Pakistan?
19. Discuss the principal components of Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956.
20. Explain the salient features of trade policy after liberalization.
21. (a) How was structural transformation different in China as compared to India and Pakistan?
(b) What do you mean by one child policy in china?
22. Explain the salient features of the strategy of industrial growth during the period 1950-90.
23. (A) What do you mean by Great Leap Forward?
(B) What is the condition of liberty indicators in India as compared to China and Pakistan?
(C) What are the areas where Pakistan has an edge over India?
(D) What was the major reason for the low population growth in China?
24. OTBA Questions
25. OTBA Questions

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