(Syllabus) CBSE Syllabus of Economics for Class 11th For March 2009 Examination
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Syllabus : CBSE Syllabus of Economics for Class 11th For March 2009 Examination
COURSE STRUCTURE
Class XI | ECONOMICS (Code No. 30)
One Paper
3 Hours
100 Marks
Part A : Statistics for Economics
Unit Marks 1. Introduction 03 2. Collection, Organisation and Presentation of Data 12 3. Statistical Tools and Interpretation 30 4. Developing Projects in Economics 05 TOTAL: 50
Part B: Indian Economic Development
Unit Marks 5. Development Policies and Experience (1947-90) 10 6. Economic Reforms since 1991 08 7. Current Challenges facing Indian Economy 25 8. Development experience of India-A comparison with neighbours 07 TOTAL : 50
Part A : Statistics for Economics
In this course, the learners are expected to acquire skills in collection,
organisation and presentation of quantitative and qualitative information
pertaining to various simple economic aspects systematically. It also intends to
provide some basic statistical tools to analyse, and interpret any
economic information and draw appropriate inferences. In this process, the
learners are also expected to understand the behaviour of various economic data.
Unit 1: Introduction 5 Periods
What is Economics? Meaning, scope and importance of statistics in Economics
Unit 2: Collection, Organisation and Presentation of data 25 Periods
Collection of data - sources of data - primary and secondary; how basic data is
collected; methods of collecting data; Some important sources of secondary data:
Census of India and National Sample Survey Organisation.
Organisation of Data: Meaning and types of variables; Frequency Distribution.
Presentation of Data: Tabular Presentation and Diagrammatic Presentation of
Data: (i) Geometric forms (bar diagrams and pie diagrams), (ii) Frequency
diagrams (histogram, polygon and ogive) and (iii) Arithmetic line graphs (time
series graph).
Unit 3: Statistical Tools and Interpretation 64 Periods
(For all the numerical problems and solutions, the appropriate economic
interpretation may be attempted. This means, the students need to solve the
problems and provide interpretation for the results derived)
Measures of Central Tendency- mean (simple and weighted), median and mode
Measures of Dispersion - absolute dispersion (range, quartile deviation, mean
deviation and standard deviation); relative dispersion (co-efficient of
quartile-deviation, co-efficient of mean deviation, co-efficient of variation);
Lorenz Curve: Meaning and its application.
Correlation - meaning, scatter diagram; Measures of correlation - Karl
Pearson’s method (two variables ungrouped data) Spearman’s rank correlation.
Introduction to Index Numbers - meaning, types - wholesale price index, consumer
price index and index of industrial production, uses of index numbers;
Inflation and index numbers.
Unit 4: Developing Projects in Economics 10 Periods
The students may be encouraged to develop projects, which have primary data,
secondary data or both. Case studies of a few organisations / outlets may also
be encouraged. Some of the examples of the projects are as follows (they are not
mandatory but suggestive):
(i) A report on demographic structure of your neighborhood;
(ii) Consumer awareness amongst households
(iii) Changing prices of a few vegetables in your market
(iv) Study of a cooperative institution: milk cooperatives
The idea behind introducing this unit is to enable the students to develop the
ways and means by which a project can be developed using the skills learned in
the course. This includes all the steps involved in designing a project starting
from choosing a title, exploring the information relating to the title,
collection of primary and secondary data, analyzing the data, presentation of
the project and using various statistical tools and their interpretation and
conclusion.
Part B: Indian Economic Development
Unit 5: Development Policies and Experience (1947-90): 18 Periods
A brief introduction of the state of Indian economy on the eve of independence.
Common goals of Five Year Plans.
Main features, problems and policies of agriculture (institutional aspects and
new agricultural strategy, etc.), industry (industrial licensing, etc,) and
foreign trade.
Unit 6: Economic Reforms since 1991: 14 Periods
Need and main features - liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation;
An appraisal of LPG policies
Unit 7: Current challenges facing Indian Economy: 60 Periods
Poverty- absolute and relative; Main programmes for poverty alleviation: A
critical assessment;
Rural development: Key issues - credit and marketing - role of cooperatives;
agricultural diversification; alternative farming - organic farming.
Human Capital Formation: How people become resource; Role of human capital in
economic development; Growth of Education Sector in India.
Employment: Growth, informalisation and other issues: Problems and policies.
Infrastructure: Meaning-and Types: Case Studies: Energy and Health: Problems and
Policies- A critical assessment;
Sustainable Economic Development: Meaning; Effects of Economic Development on
Resources and Environment.
Unit 8: Development Experience of India, a comparison with neighbours : 12
Periods
India and Pakistan
India and China
Issues: growth, population, sectoral development and other developmental
indicators