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ECONOMICS (?) (214) [Maximum Marks: 100 [? : 100

Note: (1) All questions are compulsory and carry marks as indicated against each question.

(2) Multiple choice questions carry one mark each.

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(3) All questions are to be attempted together within the allotted time and no separate time is allotted for answering multiple choice questions.

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1. Which one of the following is a basic want ?
   1. Car
   2. Book
   3. Shelter
   4. Pen
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2. Capacity to produce can be increased :
   1. By producing more capital goods
   2. By using better technology
   3. By making proper arrangements for training of workers
   4. All of the above
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3. Income of labourer is :
   1. Wage
   2. Interest
   3. Rent
   4. Profit
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4. Inflation means :
   1. Rise in price of a commodity
   2. An increase in price of goods and services which is sustained for a long time
   3. Fall in price of a commodity
   4. A fall in prices of goods and services which is sustained for a long time
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5. An important characteristic of resources is :
   1. Resources are scarce and they can be put to alternative uses.
   2. Resources have specific use.
   3. Resources are unlimited.
   4. None of the above.
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6. Which one of the following statements is not correct ?
   1. Planning is a way of organizing and utilizing country's resources.
   2. Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis was the real architect of second five year plan.
   3. Planning is a technique in which a central planning authority seeks to achieve definite objectives and targets without a specified period of time.
   4. Soon after the independence, planning based on Russian experience was introduced in India.
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7. Which one of the following statements is not correct ?
   1. Evaporation cleans the polluted water in rivers, seas and oceans.
   2. The long term use of resources has to be sustainable to avoid their future scarcity.
   3. Exhaustible resources are saved for the future use when the renewable resources substitute them in their present use.
   4. The renewable resources do not regenerate automatically.
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8. Noise pollution can cause :
   1. Tuberculosis
   2. Deafness
   3. Cholera
   4. Dysentry
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9. Why is it important that man should learn to limit his wants ?

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10. What is meant by partnership ?

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11. Distinguish between private goods and public goods.

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12. State two aspects included in the term 'Increase in production'.

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13. What do you mean by distribution of goods and services ?

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14. How will the equilibrium price of a commodity be affected when market demand for the commodity is less than its supply ?

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15. Suppose, you are a manager in a bank. Explain to a customer about 'recurring deposit account'.

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16. Define Saving.

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17. Who are included in unemployed population ?

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18. What are 'Intellectual Property Rights' (IPRs) ?

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19. 'Wants change and expand with development'. Justify this statement.

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20. Suppose, you are an entrepreneur. Explain any two factors which will affect your decision in choosing whether you have to use labour intensive method or capital intensive method of production for production of a good.

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21. Distinguish between large scale industries and small scale industries.

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22. Explain any two advantages of advertising, you get as a consumer.

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23. Explain in any two ways how is insurance important for business.

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24. State any four main characteristics of a capitalist economy.

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25. What is an economic problem ? Why does an economic problem arise ?

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26. State in any four ways the importance of public sector in economic development of India.

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27. 'India is a developing country'. Justify this statement in any four ways.

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28. How do economic factors affect development of a country ?

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29. What is meant by air pollution ? State any three sources of air pollution.

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30. Distinguish between exhaustible and inexhaustible natural resources. Give two examples of each.

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31. Explain any three reasons of differences in income from work.

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32. Explain the three important factors that influence the decision of a seller in fixing the price of his product.

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33. How do 'education' and 'nature of occupation' influence the birth rate ?

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34. Explain any three ways in which consumers are exploited.

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