CBSE Sample Question Papers for Class 12 Economics 2020
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER (2019-20)
ECONOMICS (030)
Time allowed: 3 hours M.Marks: 80
General instructions:
- All the questions in both the sections are compulsory. Marks for questions are indicated against each question.
- Question number 1 – 10 and 18 – 27 are very short-answer questions carrying 1 mark each. They are required to be answered in one word or one sentence each.
- Question number 11 – 12 and 28 – 29 are short-answer questions caring 3 marks each. Answers to them should not normally exceed 60-80 words each.
- Question number 13 – 15 and 30 – 32 are also short-answer questions carrying 4 marks each. Answers to them should not normally exceed 80-100 words each.
- Question number 16 – 17 and 33 – 34 are long answer questions carrying 6 marks each. Answers to them should not normally exceed 100-150 words each.
- Answer should be brief and to the point and the above word limit be adhered to as far as possible.
SECTION – A (Macro Economics)
Question 1.
Value of Money Multiplier ……………… (increases/decreases/remains unchanged) with an increase in Cash Reserve Ratio. (Fill up the blank with correct alternative) [1]
Question 2.
Define an intermediate good. [1]
Question 3.
Average Propensity to Consume can never be ……………… (choose the correct alternative) [1]
a) positive
b) zero
c) more than one
d) less than one
Question 4.
Name any two quantitative tools to control credit creation in an economy. [1]
Or
What are demand deposits?
Question 5.
The monetary policy generally targets to ensure (Choose the correct alternative) [1]
a) price stability in the economy
b) employment generation in the country.
c) stable foreign relations.
d) greater tax collections for the government.
Question 6.
In an economy, break-even point and equilibrium point may lie at the same level of income, if ex-ante investments are ……………… (Fill up the blank with correct answer) [1]
Question 7.
State whether the given statement is true or false:
‘Managed Floating Exchange Rate is decided by market forces but remains within a specific range as decided by central bank’. [1]
Question 8.
The formula to calculate Primary deficit is ……………… (Fill up the blank with correct answer) [1]
Question 9.
From the set of statements given in Column I and Column II, choose the correct pair of statements: [1]
| Column I | Column II |
| a) Export of software to France | (i) Debit side of current account |
| b) Import of Machinery from China | (ii) Capital Account of Balance of Payments |
| c) Remittances to relative staying abroad | (iii) Debit side of Current Account of Balance of Payments |
| d) Investment by Apple phones firm in India | (iv) Credit side of Current Account of Balance of Payments |
Question 10.
Government expenditure on Mid-Day Meal scheme running in government (state run) schools is a type of ……………… expenditure in government budget.(Fill up the blank with correct answer) [1]
Question 11.
“India’s GDP is expected to expand 7.5% in 2019-20: World Bank” – The Economic Times. [3]
Does the given statement mean that welfare of people of India increase at the same rate? Comment with reason.
Question 12.
Calculate the value of Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC), if in an economy, autonomous consumption is ₹ 500 crores, ex-ante investments are ₹ 4000 crores and equilibrium level of Income of the economy is ₹ 18,000 crores. [3]
Or
Suppose in a hypothetical economy, the savings increase by ₹ 20 crores when national income increases by ₹ 100 crores. Compute the additional investments needed to attain an increase in national income by ₹ 6,000 crores? [3]
Question 13.
Discuss any one of the following functions of a central bank: [4]
a) As government’s bank
b) Open market operations.
Question 14.
“Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remained net seller in the Indian capital markets over the last few weeks”. – The Economic Times. [4]
State and discuss the likely effects of the given statement on foreign exchange rate with reference to the Indian Economy.
Or
‘Many large Multinational Corporations (MNCs) have recently shifted their investments from China and have started their production in India, thereby boosting the Make in India plans of the Government’.
Presuming other factors being constant, discuss the effects of the given statement on Foreign Exchange rates with reference to the Indian Economy. [4]
Question 15.
Elaborate the objective of ‘reallocation of resources’ in the government budget. [4]
Question 16.
a) ‘Real Gross Domestic Product is a better indicator of economic growth than Nominal Gross Domestic Product’.
Do you agree with the given statement? Support your answer with a suitable numerical example. [4]
b) Calculate ‘Depreciation on Capital Asset’ from the following data [2]
Or
‘Circular flow of income in a two sector economy is based on the axiom that one’s expenditure is other’s income’. Do you agree with the given statement? Support your answer with valid reasons. [3]
b) Calculate compensation of employees from the following data: [3]
Question 17.
‘An economy is operating at under-employment level of income’. What is meant by the given statement? Discuss one fiscal measure and one monetary measure to tackle the situation. [6]
SECTION – B (Indian Economic Development)
Question 18.
Name any two taxes which were subsumed in Goods and Services Tax (GST). [1]
Question 19.
State weather the following statement is true or false:
‘The latest demonetization of currency was undertaken by the Government of India on November 8, 2016’. [1]
Question 20.
Identify the correct sequence of alternatives given in Column II by matching them with respective terms in Column I: [1]
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A. Land Ceiling | i. Increase in production of food grain using high yielding variety seeds |
| B. Land reforms | ii. Portion of agricultural produce sold in the market |
| C. Green Revolution | iii. Fixing the maximum limit of land holding for an individual. |
| D. Marketed Surplus | iv. Change in the ownership of land (land to tillers) |
Question 21.
Agriculture marketing does not comprise of ……………… (Choose the correct alternative) [1]
a) Transportation of the produce to the market place for sale.
b) Grading of the produce according to the quality.
c) Storage of the produce for sale in future.
d) Credit taken to meet expenditure on agriculture.
Question 22.
Under ………………………type of unemployment, marginal product gained by employing one additional unit of labour is zero. (Fill up the blank with correct answer) [1]
Or
………………………… an indicator which is used for analyzing the employment situation of a country. (Fill up the blank with correct answer)
Question 23.
In 1955, Karve committee was constituted for aiming the…..…………… (Fill up the blank with correct answer) [1]
Question 24.
Identify the correct sequence of alternatives given in Column II by matching them with respective terms in Column I
| Column – I | Column -II |
| A. Study Group formed by Planning Commission for Poverty | i. 2005 |
| B. ‘Task Force on Projections of the Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand’ | ii. 1962 |
| C. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act | iii. 2014 |
| D. Jan DhanYojana | iv. 1979 |
Choose the correct alternative: [1]
a) ii , iii , iv , i
b) iii , ii , i, iv
c) i , ii , iii , iv
d) ii , iv , i, iii
Question 25.
Solar energy can be converted into electricity with the help of ……….……………………. (Photovoltaic cell/Lithium cells). (Fill up the blank with correct alternative) [1]
Question 26.
Arrange the following events of China in chronological order and choose the correct alternative: [1]
i. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
ii. Great Leap Forward campaign
iii. Introduction of Economic Reforms
iv. First five year plan
Choose the correct alternative:
a) ii, iv, iii, i
b) iv, ii, i, iii
c) ii, iv, i, iii
d) iv, i, ii, iii
Question 27.
Introduction of Economic Reform in Pakistan took place in…………… (Choose the correct alternative) [1]
a) 1978
b) 1980
c)1988
d) 1991
Question 28.
“Recently Indians have drifted away from the traditional knowledge and practices and caused large scale damage to environment”. [3]
Explain how, adopting the traditional practices can be helpful in achieving the objective of sustainable development?
Or
‘Power sector in India has major issues with its installed capacity’. Discuss the given statement.
Question 29.
‘Education Commission 1964-66 had recommended that at least 6 per cent of GDP must be spent on education’. How far India has been able to achieve the said goal? [3]
Question 30.
‘The opening up of the Indian Economy has led to a rapid increase in Foreign Direct Investments and Foreign Exchange Reserves of the country’. Defend or refute the given statement. [4]
Question 31.
Define the following terms [4]
a) Disinvestment
b) Import Substitution
OR
Define the following terms
a) Outsourcing
b) Quota
Question 32.
Answer the following questions on the basis of the following data:
a) Comment upon the population growth rates among the three countries. [3]
b) Which country has most skewed in sex ratio? [1]
Source: World Development Indicators, 2015, www.worldbank.org
Question 33.
“Rural Economic development is essential for Indian Economic development”. Do you agree with the given statement? Support your answer with valid reasons. [6]
Question 34.
‘In spite of the increase in public health expenditure Indian Health System is an ailing system in itself’. Defend the statement citing any three major problems of Health sector in India. [6]
Or
Study the following chart showing the Growth of Employment and Gross Domestic Product and analyse the trend of the two variables from 1990-2012.
