CBSE Board Class 11 Economics Previous Year Question Papers 2008

Previous paper - 2008
Class – XI
Subject - Economics
Time: 3hr        MM : 100
       General Instructions:
1.All questions are compulsory.
2.This question paper consists of 38 questions divided into four  Sections A, B, C and D.of each parts. Section-A consist of 10 questions of 01 marks each, Section -B consists of10 questions of 02 marks each,
3.Section - C consist of 10 questions 03 marks each and  Section – D  consist of 8  questions 06 marks each.
There is no overall choice.
All questions in section – A are to be answered in one word, one sentence or as per the exact requirement of the question.


SECTION A   (One marks each)
Part 1

1.Define occupational structure.

2.What do you mean by economic planning?

3.What is disinvestment?

4.Define poverty line.

5.Define disguised unemployment.

Part 2

6.What is savings?

7.Define secondary data.

8.What method is used to draw of lots?

9.What is meant by classification?

10.What is tabulation?

SECTION B (Two marks each)
Part 1

11.What is casualisation of work force?

12.What is meant by absolute poverty in India?

13.What do you understand by the economic reforms?

14.What is infant mortality rate?

15.Define tertiary sector.

Part 2

16.What are the two principal parts of a table?

17.What is a circular diagram?

18.What is meant by an ogive?

19.What is meant by random sampling?

20.What is an open ended series?

SECTION C  (Three marks each)
Part 1

21.Briefly states the structure of Indian economy on the eve of independence.

22.Explain full employment as one of the long period objectives of planning.

23.What do you understand by the following terms.(i) Privatisation (ii) Globalisation.

24.Write a note on swarnjayanti gram swarozgar yojana.

25.Distinguish between cyclical and structural unemployment.
Part 2

26.Distinguish between variable and attribute. Explain with examples.

27.What are the requisites of a good table? Explain.

28.State the main limitations of statistics.

29.Define the term (a) investigator,(b)enumerator,(c)respondent.

30.Mention four merits of census method.


SECTION D  (Five marks each)
Part 1

31.What is meant by unemployment? Discuss the various forms of unemployment in India.

32.Discuss the various measures taken by the government to solve the problem of poverty in India.

33.What is the WTO? Describe its role in the context of Globlisation.

34.Explain the concept of ceiling on land holdings. How did it promote equality in Indian agriculture?

Part 2

35.Define statistics. What are the basics characteristics?

36.Explain the meanings of sampling survey.what are its advantages and disadvantages?

37.Make a bar diagram of the following data on India’s population:
Year
1971
1981
1991
2001
Population (in crore)
54.8
68.3
84.6
102.8

38.The frequency distribution of marks obtained by students in a class test is given below. Draw frequency polygon and ogive.
Marks
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
Students
3
10
14
10
3