📘 Class 11 Economics – sample Paper
Chapter 2: Indian Economy (1950–1990)
🔷 Section A – Statistics for Economics
(40 Marks)
Very Short Answer Questions
Q1–Q10 (1 × 10 = 10 marks)
Answer in one or two lines.
Q1. What is meant by statistics?
Q2. Define primary data.
Q3. Mention any one source of secondary data.
Q4. What is the census method of data collection?
Q5. What is an economic variable?
Q6. Give one example of qualitative data.
Q7. What is a frequency distribution?
Q8. Define arithmetic mean.
Q9. What is statistical investigation?
Q10. State one limitation of statistics.
Short Answer Questions
Q11–Q16 (3 × 6 = 18 marks)
Answer in 60–80 words.
Q11. Distinguish between primary data and secondary data.
Q12. Explain any three functions of statistics.
Q13. State the objectives of data collection.
Q14. Explain any three limitations of statistics.
Q15. What is classification of data? Why is it important?
Q16. Why is statistics regarded as both science and art?
Long Answer / Numerical Questions
Q17–Q18 (6 × 2 = 12 marks)
Q17. Explain the importance of statistics in economics.
OR
Calculate the arithmetic mean by direct method from the given data.
Q18. Describe the steps involved in a statistical enquiry.
🔷 Section B – Indian Economic Development
(40 Marks)
Very Short Answer Questions
Q19–Q28 (1 × 10 = 10 marks)
Answer in one line.
Q19. In which year did India start economic planning?
Q20. What is meant by a mixed economy?
Q21. Name the first Five Year Plan of India.
Q22. What is meant by economic growth?
Q23. Define modernisation.
Q24. What is self-reliance?
Q25. What is meant by equity or social justice?
Q26. Name the agricultural strategy introduced in the mid-1960s.
Q27. Name any one crop that benefited from the Green Revolution.
Q28. What is import substitution?
Short Answer Questions
Q29–Q34 (3 × 6 = 18 marks)
Answer in 60–80 words.
Q29. Explain the main objectives of India’s Five Year Plans.
Q30. What is meant by modernisation? Explain its importance.
Q31. Describe the need for self-reliance in the Indian economy.
Q32. Explain the role of agriculture in India’s planned development.
Q33. Discuss the main features of the Green Revolution.
Q34. Explain the role of the public sector in industrial development.
Long Answer Questions
Q35–Q36 (6 × 2 = 12 marks)
Q35. Explain the achievements and limitations of the Green Revolution in India.
OR
Discuss the importance of small-scale industries in India’s economic development.
Q36. Explain the policy of import substitution adopted by India during 1950–1990.