Plus One Economics Previous Year Question Paper 2017

Kerala Plus One Economics Previous Year Question Paper 2017

Time Allowed: 2 hours
Cool off time: 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 60

General Instructions to Candidates

• There is a ‘cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
• Your are not allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
• Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with the questions and to plan your answers.
• Read questions carefully before you answering.
• All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
• When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
• Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
• Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
• Give equations wherever necessary.
• Electronic devices except non programmable calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall.

Question 1.
Worker population ratio is……………
a. Population / Worker
b. Worker / Population
c. Population / Worker X 100
d. Worker/Population X 100

Question 2.
List any four effects which ‘the miracle seeds’ created in Indian agriculture.

Question 3.
For a classroom discussion Ashna collected the following information about present In­dia.
a. Infant, mortality rate – 45
b. Life expenctancy-66.4
c. Overall literacy level 74.04
d. Compare them with the British period and comments.

Question 4.
Demographic data on birth and death rates in India, a collected and published by………………
a. RG
b. NSSO
c. CSO
d. Labour Bureau

Question 5.
Distinguish between bar diagram and histo­gram. (Hint: Not to draw diagrams)

Question 6.
The various ranks secured by Merin and Kanchana in four medical entrance examinations are

Calculate the rank correlation and interpret the result.

Question 7.
Find the one which is NOT measured for im­proving agricultural market system.
a. Adoption of green revolution
b. Assurance of minimum support price
c. Maintenance of buffer stock
d. Public distribution system

Question 8.
a. Name the system of farming that restores, maintain and enhance Ecological balance,
b. Point out any three merits of it.

Question 9.
Prepare an essay on various policies and pro­grams towards poverty alleviation in India. Do you find any faults in the implementation of these programs? Substantiate.

Question 10.
A value of correlation coefficient (r) =+1.2 in­dicates
a. Perfect+ve correlation
b. High degree of +ve correlation
c. Low degree of +ve correlation
d. Error in calculation

Question 11.
Identify the names of the steps in a project to which you can include the following statisti­cal tools you have studied.

Question 12.
State the two senses in which the word ‘sta­tistics’ is used. Elucidate.

Question 13.
An import substitution policy.
a. Increase in the tax on imported goods
b. Fixing of quotas
c. Enlarge domestic production
d. All of these

Question 14.
a. Name the outcome of the two policy strat­egies of liberalization and privatization,
b. Do you think that Indian agriculture sec­tor was adversely affected by the reform process? Justify.

Question 15.
State to which country the following demo­graphic features belong to.
(Hint: India, China, or Pakistan)
a. Highest annual growth of population
b. Lowest population density.
c. Less urbanization
d. High fertility rate

Question 16.
Observe the graph. It is……..
a. Uni-modal data
b. Bi-model data
c. Multi-modal data
d. None of these

Question 17.
Calculate the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Question 18.
“Most of the surveys conducted in India are sample surveys”.
Prepare any three reasons to support the above statement.”

Question 19.
Which is NOT a pair?
a. Tapas Majumdar Committee’ – Education
b. Brundtland Commission – Sustainable de­velopment
c. Karve Committee-Agriculture
d. VKRVRao-National income estimation

Question 20.
a. Name the relative measure of standard de­viation.
b. Define SD.
c. Calculate the standard deviation from the following data:

Question 21.
Do India faces challenges in the power sec­tor? Elucidate.

Question 22.
For conducting a survey among 200 house­holds, Anumitha has written the names of all 200 households on pieces of paper, mixed well and 20 names are selected one by one. It is
a. Census method
b. Random sampling
c. Nonrandom sampling
d. None of these

Question 23.
While preparing a frequency distribution from the raw data, name the questions we have to address. Briefly, explain in 1 % pages. (Hint: Four steps in the construction of a frequency distribution)

Question 24.
The heights (in cm) of 11 plants in a garden are

a. Choose the mode.
b.Calculate the mean and median height of the plants, by using the equations.

Question 25.
Which one of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the employment sector in India?
a. 93% workers are in the informal sector.
b. 50% of the workers are self-employed.
c. Disguised and seasonal unemployment exist in the Indian farm sector.
d. During 1972-2010 there was a movement of workers from casual wage to self-empl­oyment.

Question 26.
Define the term, ‘Sustainable development’. Suggest various strategies for attaining it in two pages.

Question 27.
Express your view in the following aspects with reference to the present human capital formation in India.
a. Education for all
b. Gender equity
c. Higher education

Question 28.
The current and base year prices of a group of commodities are Rs. 180 and Rs. 135 re­spectively. It shows
a. price is said to have risen by 38.33%
b. price is decreased by 33.33%
c. price is increased by 133.33%
d. none of these

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