DHARAM CLASSES 12 GSEB

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SUBJECT = ECONOMICS
MARKS = 60
TIME = 2:00 HOURS
SECTION-A
Following 1 to 10 are objective questions. Write the correct option from given
options. Each question carries 1 mark.
1. Poverty is a state of ………
a. Living b. Scarcity c. Income d. Place
2. To measure ……… poverty, Lorenz Curve and Gini Co-efficient are useful.
a. Absolute b. Relative c. Income d. Consumption
3. ……. Unemployment is not a problem.
a. Unwilling b. Compulsory c. Open d. Voluntary
4. Active workforce supply include people in the age group of ….. years.
a. 14 to 35 b. 15 to 64 c. 12 to 30 d. 15 to 60
5. ……. Committee was set up to study unemployment related problems.
a. Planning b. Bhagvati c. Ram Krishna d. Prof. Tendulkar
6. In 1951, population of India was ……
a. 121.02 crores b. 21.89 crores c. 36.1 crores d. 25.2 crores
7. The fall in …. Population is a challenge for the future of the society.
a. Child b. Aged c. Male d. Female
8. …… was the chairman of the committee to frame new population policy.
a. Dr. Tendulkar b. Vishwasharaiya c. Swami Nathan d. Dr. M.S Swami Nathan

9. How much was the contribution of agriculture in national income of 2011-12?

a. 53% b. 42.3% c. 13.9% d. 59.9%
10. Institutional factor remain……., so that agriculture productivity is low.
a. negative b. positive c. constant d. stable

SECTION-B
For Que. No. 11 to Que. No. 20, give answer in one or two lines. Each question
carries 1 mark
11. What is poverty line?
12. Who are called absolute poor?
13. What is malnutrition?
14. What is unwilling unemployment.
15. What is ‘Drain of Brain’?

16. What is intensively unemployment

17. Define population explosion.

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18. What is fertility rate?
19. Name the methods to collect land revenue under British rule..
20. Which grains are included in food grain crops?

SECTION-C
For Que. No. 21to Que. No. 26, Answer the following question briefly (in about
30 words): (2 mark each).
21. Gender inequality leads to poverty”. Explain.
22. Explain frictional unemployment with example. OR
Explain cyclical unemployment with example.
23. “Labour intensive technique is more applicable in India”. Explain
24. “The fall in female population is a challenge for the future of our society”-Explain.
OR
“There is inverse relationship between the level of education among woman and the number of
children they bear”-Explain.
25. Due to lack of technology, Indian agriculture sector has low productivity” Explain.
26. Explain the role of agriculture to improve life standard of people.

SECTION-D
For Que. No. 27 to Que. No. 32, Answer the following question in the Point (in
about 50 words): (3 marks each).
27. ‘Discuss the measure to reduce poverty. (Any four)
28. “Defective education system is responsible for unemployment”. Explain.
OR

“Negligence towards agriculture has increased the problem of unemployment in India”. Explain.
29. Which are aspects between population and natural resources?
30. State the causes of low death rate.
31. “Mass education and awareness will be helpful to control population”-Explain.
32. Explain any three reasons for low productivity in agriculture in India.

SECTION-E
Answer the following question in detail (in about 100 words): (5 mark each).

33. What is poverty? Explain its indicators.

OR
What are the measures to solve the problem of unemployment? Explain any five in detail.

34. Explain in detail the methods to control population.

OR
Explain measures to improve productivity in Agriculture.

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