Friday 30 January 2015

ECONOMICS SAMPLE PAPER -3 CLASS_XI

SAMPLE    PAPER- 3
ECONOMICS                                                                                 M.M. 70
SECTION-A
  1.    Define commercialization of agriculture.                                                                  (1)
   2   When was the planning commission set up?                                                           (1)
   3.    Out of loss making and profit making PSUs, which should be privatized?             (1)
    4.    What was the major reason for the low population growth in China?                    (1)
    5.    ‘ Decline of handicraft industry adversely affected the Indian economy’. Comment.                                                                                                                  (3)
    6.    ‘ Green revolution experienced the success in two phases’. Justify.                     (3)
    7.    Mention any three changes made by the globalization of the Indian economy.    (3)
    8.    State the various factors that led to the rapid growth in economic development in China.                                                                                                                       (3)
    9.    Discuss the industrial sector reforms introduced under the new economic reforms.                                                                                                                     (4)
  10. Compare India and China on the basis of:
a)    People below poverty line                c) Growth rate of population
b)    GDP                                                                                                               (4)
   11. “ Subsidies put a huge burden on the government’s finances, but are necessary for poor and marginal farmers”. Comment.                                                                            (4)
   12. Discuss the similarities in the developmental strategies followed by India and Pakistan.                                                                                                                  (6)
SECTION-B
   1 .   Can the  same activity be economic and non- economic. State Example.         (1)   
   2.   Construct Price and quantity index from the following data using Paasche’s Method:                                                                                                                                   (3)
Commodity                   Base Year                                                  Current Year
                               Price              Quantity                                Price               Quantity       
Bread                       40p                    6                                        30p                   7
Meat                         45p                   4                                        50p                  5
Tea                           90p                   0.5                                     40p                  1.5

    3.   Find out the frequency distribution and ‘more than’ cumulative frequency table:
Price (Rs.) below-    10      20      30      40      50       60
Quantity (Kg)-           17      22      29      37      50      60                                    (4)

    4.   For the data given below find graphically the following:
     a)    Two quartiles
     b)    The central 50% limit of the age
      c)    The no. of workers falling in the age group of 28-57 years
Age in years                                                      No of workers
20-24                                                                                      5
25-29                                                                                      10
30-34                                                                                      15
35-39                                                                                      25
40-44                                                                                      65
45-49                                                                                      40
50-54                                                                                      23
55-59                                                                                      10
60-64                                                                                      5
65-69                                                                                      2                           (6)
 
    5.    Calculate standard deviation of the following data by direct and actual mean method:                                                                                                              (6)

Size:              4    5     6    7    8    9    10
Frequency:     6    12   15  28  20  14    5

     6.    The coefficient of rank correlation of marks obtained by 10 students In English and Economics was found to be 0.5. It was later discovered that the difference in ranks was wrongly taken as 3 instead of 7. Find the correct coefficient of rank correlation.                                                                                                           (6)
   
SECTION-C     (OTBA)                                                                     (5+5)
    1.    Explain rippling effect with the help of an example.
    2.    Discuss the reasons for the rise in suicidal cases among the farmers of Punjab.