2011  

ANNUAL EXAMS

ECONOMICS

CLASS XI

       Time:3 Hrs          MM. 95                                                                                                                                                                                              

General Instructions:

i)All questions in both sections are compulsory.
ii)Marks allotted for each question are indicated against it.
iii)Question Nos. 1 to 5 and 17 to 21 are very short answer questions carrying 1 mark each. They should be answered in one sentence each
iv)Question Nos. 6—10 and 22- 28 are short answer questions carrying 3 marks each. Answers to these should not normally exceed 60 words       each.
v) Question Nos. 11 to 13 and  29 are also short answer type questions carrying 4 marks each. Answers to these should  not normally exceed 70 words each.
vi) Question Nos. 14-16 are long answer type questions carrying 6 marks each. Answers to these should not normally exceed 100 words each.
vii) Question Nos  30 – 32 carry 5 marks each.
viii)The word limit is not applicable to numerical questions.
 

SECTION A

1.      Mention two examples of regional and economic groupings.

2.      What is meant by ‘ Liberalisation’ in the context of the New Economic Policy 1991.

3.      What is meant by physical capital ?

4.      What is ‘disinvestment’ ?

5.      Define worker – population ratio.

6.      What objectives did the British intend to achieve through their policies of infrastructural development in India ?

7.      Briefly explain any three causes of poverty in India.

8.      Explain the Great Leap Forward campaign of China  initiated in 1958.

9.      Mention the salient demographic indicators of China , Pakistan and India.

                                                     Or

    What similar development strategies have India , China and Pakistan followed for their   

    respective developmental paths ?

1. Why was it necessary for a developing country like India to follow self reliance as a planning objective?

11.  a) How is the formal sector different from the informal sector?

b)Why are regular salaried employees more in urban areas than in rural areas?

12.   a) What is a ‘subsidy’? b) Explain how import substitution can protect domestic industry?

            Or

          Why was the Public sector given a leading role in industrial development in the planning

           period ?

13.  Explain how investment in ( a)education  and (b) ‘on – the – job training’ is a source of human capital formation.

14.  What are the main objectives of Privatisation under the New Economic Policy 1991.

15.  What is organic farming? How does it promote sustainable development  ? List any two limitations of organic farming.

                                                     Or

Bring out the importance of  animal husbandry, fisheries and horticulture as a source of diversification.

16.  Outline any four functions of the environment Explain any two  important strategies of sustainable development.

SECTION B

17.  What is classification of data ?             

18.   What is the function of a stub in a table ?              

19.   What do you understand by a census survey ?                         

20.   State any two sources of secondary data.             

21.  State any two uses of diagrammatic representations..            

22.  State any three functions of Statistics

23.  State any three advantages of stratified sampling

24.  The average marks for Statistics in a class of 30 students were 52. The top 6 students had an average of 31 marks. What were the average marks of the remaining students ?

25.  State any three merits of the Median

                                                      Or

 State any three characteristics of a good average

26.  Calculate the median from the given data:

Marks (mid points )    59      61   63     65     67    69     71    73          

No. of students            1        2      9      48     13    10     40     7

27.  a)The median of a distribution is 50 while it first and third quartile are 40 and 70

respectively. Calculate the  Quartile Deviation of the distribution

     b)Calculate the Coefficient of Variation of  a distribution whose Mean is  30 while its   

      Standard Deviation is  6.

28.  With the help of a scatter diagram show a) perfect positive correlation b) a high degree of negative correlation  . Give an example of any two economic variables which have a negative correlation.

29.  Show the following data by a percentage diagram :

    Year         Wages                  Raw  Material              Work Cost      Overheads

          2007            60                          80                                44                    16

          2008           140                         128                              96                    36

          2009           36                           30                                25                    9

Or

                   Draw a less than Ogive from the following data:

30       Calculate the Mean Deviation from the Mode for  the given data:

31    Calculate the coefficient of Rank correlation between X and Y from  the data given  

        below and comment on your result:

                X      11    10     15      13        10        16       10

Y      11     7       9       6          12        9         14

                                                    Or

           Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation between X and Y from the data 

             given above.

      32  a)State any two difficulties faced in calculating Index Numbers.

            b) From the given data, calculate the Price Index Number using Laspyere’s method: