FIRST HALF YEARLY EXAM 2021 – 22

CLASS – XI ECONOMICS
Time : 3 HRS MM: 80 Marks

SECTION – A
1. ANSWER ALL THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS [10 X 2 = 20]
(i) Explain any two significance of Consumption.
(ii) The Absolute poverty is different from Relative poverty. How?
(iii) The need for organic farming in India has arisen from three interrelated factors. Discuss
(iv) The market can be distinguished between two types. Explain them.
(v) This economy is like a hat which has lost its shape because too many people have worn it. Explain any two
features of this economy.
(vi) In agriculture, unemployment takes the form of work – sharing. Discuss this type of unemployment.
(vii) What do you mean by Organic farming?
(viii) Discuss the steps taken by the Government in the direction of import liberation.
(ix) Explain any two limitations of per capita income index.
(x) A typical business cycle is generally divided into four phases. Explain them.

SECTION B
Answer any five questions
2 (a) Explain any four important causes of poverty in India. [6]

(b) Calculate Karl Pearsons Co-efficient of correlation from the following data: (By Short Cut Method) [6]
Age of 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Husband
Age of 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 20 21 22
Wife

3 (a) Calculate Spearman rank co-efficient of correlation from the following data
Sales 28 35 42 40 36 42 45 48 55 59
Octroi 14 18 20 20 17 22 23 24 28 34

(b) From the data given below calculate price index numbers for 1990 with 1980 as base by
(i) Laspayre’s Method (ii) Paasche’s Method (iii) Fisher’s Method [6]
Commodity 1980 1990
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 10 25 18 30
B 8 30 15 25
C 6 40 9 35
D 5 20 10 25

4 (a) Discuss any four causes of Unemployment in India. [6]

(b) Calculate the Mode of the following distribution, using “grouping method” [6]
Age 20 – 25 25 – 30 30 – 35 35 – 40 40 – 45 45 – 50 50 – 55 55 - 60
No. of 50 70 80 180 250 120 70 50
persons
5 (a) The following is the distribution of marks obtained by 250 students in the examination. Compute the Median.
[6]
Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
No. of 15 20 25 24 12 31 71 52
Students

(b) Give any six advantages of Cooperative marketing. [6]

6 (a) Calculate the standard deviation from the following data: [6]
Wages 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
(less than)
No. of 5 15 35 75 105 125 135 139
workers

(b) Calculate Mean Deviation from Median from the following data:
Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
No. of Girls 6 8 14 16 4 2

7 (a) Give any four main features of the policy of Liberalisation in India. [6]

(b) Calculate Quartile Deviation from the following: [6]

Age 20 – 25 25 – 30 30 – 35 35 – 40 40 – 45 45 – 50 50 – 55 55 – 60
No. of 5 7 8 12 28 22 10 8
Teachers

8 (a) What do you mean by Global warming? What are its serious effects on the environment of our economy? [6]

(b) Find the Mean Marks from the following: ( By Step Deviation Method ) [6]
Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
No. of 5 10 25 30 20 10
Students