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Economics - 1997 (I.S.C)
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- Answer Question 1 (compulsory) from part -I and four questions from Part-II, choosing two from Section-A and two questions from Section-B.
- All working including rough work, should be done on the same sheet as the rest of the answer .
-Duration of the exam is three hours .


Part - I

Q1. Answer briefly each of the items (i) to (xx) in this question: (20 marks)
(i) What are the different components of supply  of money ?
(ii)
To whom does  the phrase 'lender of the last  resort' allude  and Why?
iii)
What is National Product minus Domestic product equal  to ?
(iv)
Define 'Demand -pull inflation
(v)
What is an indirect tax ?
(vi)
What are the instruments of fiscal policy? Name any two.
(vii)
What is the balance of trade?
(viii)
Why should a country need foreign exchange at all ?
(ix)
Who is an entrepreneur?
(x)
Define unemployment?
(xi)
Mention one permanent machinery for the settlement of industrial disputes in India?
(xii)
What does SDR stands for ?
(xiii)
On what basis is the poverty line determined in India ?
(xiv)
What is the meaning of qualitative credit control ?
(xv)
Define a money market.
(xvi)
When was IMF established?
(xvii)
Name the apex body in the organised sector which looks after the credit needs of the agriculture sector in India.
(xviii)
Name two big business houses of India.
(xix)
Define Planning.
(xx)
Differentiate between invention and innovation.

PART - 2  SECTION - A
ECONOMIC THEORY
(answer any two questions)


Q. 2 (a) "Loans create deposits." Explain with reference to the functioning of commercial banks. (10 marks)


Q. 2(b) What are the difficulties involved in the measurement of national income of a backward economy? (10 marks)

Q.3(a) What are the functions of a central Bank? (10 marks)


Q.3(b) Does an increase in National income necessarily lead to an increase in economic welfare ? Give reasons for your answer. (10 marks)

Q4(a) What are the essential requirements of a good tax system ?
(10 marks)

Q4(b)Explain the use of fiscal policy in controlling inflationary and deflationary situations. (10 marks)

Q5(a)Critically examine the theory of comparative costs. (10 marks)


Q5(b) Discuss the basic characteristics of an under developed economy ? (10 marks)

SECTION     B
(INDIAN ECONOMICS)
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS


Q6(a). Discuss the  causes of inequality of income in India ? (10 marks)

Q6(b). What steps  have been taken by the Govt.  in recent years to solve the problem of unemployment in the Indian economy (10 marks)

Q7(a). What are the major causes of industrial disputes in India ?(10 marks)

Q7(b). What are the features of Indian money market ? (10 marks)


Q8(a). Why does a farmer need credit in India ? What are the institutional sources of credit available to him ?(10 marks)

Q8(b). Discuss the need for planing in India .(10 marks)

Q9. Write notes on any two of the following :- (20 marks)
(a). Population and economic development .


(b). Functions of the International Monetary Funds.


(c).The role of the Reserve Bank of India as a credit controller.



 
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