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CBSE Class XI Economics

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
Q1. Which value of quartile is known as P25?
(a) P10
(b) Q1
(c) Q3
(d) None of these

Q2. By which extreme value, the dispersion measure is least affected?
(a) SD
(b) range
(c) QD
(d) MD

Q3. _____ is a graphical method of studying correlation.
(a) Histogram
(b) Bar diagram
(c) Scatter diagram
(d) Circle diagram

Q4. Do you agree that classified data is better than raw data?

Q5. 'Statistics are straw out of which any other economist have to make bricks'. Discuss.

Q6. Represent the following data with the help of multiple bar diagrams:

Q7. The arithmetic mean is described as the centre of gravity of the distribution of values of the variable. Explain.

Q8. Calculate the number of shops corresponding to class interval 30^0 of the following distribution:

The mean profit per shop is 28.
Q9. For a set of 100 observations, the sum of deviations from 4 cm is -11 cm and the sum of the squares of these deviations is 257 sq cm. Find out the coefficient of variation.

Q10. What is a frequency distribution? What are the main points underlying the construction of a frequency distribution?

Q11. Prepare price index number from the following data by
(i) Simple aggregative method,
(ii) simple average price method

Q12. The following table gives absolute values (nearest to thousand crores of rupee) of exports and imports of India at current prices:

Calculate the correlation between exports and imports.

Section B

Q13. Which among the following is the cause of agricultural stagnation during the British
colonial rule?
(a) Systems of land settlement
(b) Limited public sector
(c) Mass Illiteracy
(d) All of these

Q14. Which type of poverty is found in developed countries?
(a) Absolute
(b) Relative
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Q15. When was the Suez Canal opened? How did it affect the Indian economy?

Q16. How is the government expenditure on education expressed? Which in your opinion is a better measure?

Q17. ‘Though India has witnessed slow growth of employment, yet people get employed. State the reasons behind this concept.

Q18. How is China able to lead in all the Human Development Indicators?

Q19. Is it possible to develop information technology as an alternate livelihood option? Given reasons.

Q20. Do you agree with statement, that India has failed to grow as fast as China, because it has failed to check the growth rate of its population? Write your views in brief.

Q21. Do you think outsourcing is good for India? Why are developed countries opposing it?

Q22. Critically examine new economic policy in the context of social justice and welfare.

Q23. Describe the main sources of energy in India. Also describe the changes in the consumption pattern of energy in our country.

Q24. OTBA

Q25. OTBA