Supply and Demand and Price

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DESIGN OF QUESTION PAPER
ECONOMICS
Class – XII
Marks – 100 Duration – 3 hrs.
1. Weightage by type of questions
Type Number of Mark Total Estimated time a questions candidate is expected to take to answer
Long answer questions 6 6 36 60 minutes
Short answer questions I 6 4 24 36 minutes
Short answer questions II 10 3 30 50 minutes
Very short answer questions 10 1 10 15 minutes
2. Weightage by content
Unit No Unit Sub-Units Marks
1 Introduction 4
2 Consumer Equilibrium and Demand 18
3 Producer Behaviour and Supply 18
4 Forms of Market and Price determination 10
6 National income and related aggregates 15
7 Money and Banking 8
8 Determination of Income and employment 12
9 Government Budget and the economy 8
10 Balance of Payment 7 Total 100
3. Difficulty level of the question paper
Level Marks % age of the total marks
A. Easy 30 30
(Can be attempted satisfactorily by students who have gone through the study material)
B. Average 50 50
(Can be attempted by students who have regularly studied the study material but may not have given sufficient time to writing.
C. Difficult 20 20
(Can be attempted by top students)
4. Scheme of Options
There is no overall choice. However, there is an internal choice in one question of 6 marks, one question of 4 marks and one question of 3 marks in each section. Thus there will be internal choice to 6 questions. 2
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 1
ECONOMICS
Class XII
Maximum Marks: 100 Time: 3 hours
BLUE PRINT
Sl.
No.
Forms of
Questions
Content Unit
Very Short
(1 Mark)
Short Answer
(3,4 Marks)
Long
Answer
(6 Marks)
Total
1. Unit 1 1 (1) 3 (1) - 4 (2)
2. Unit 2 1 (2) 3 (2) 4 (1) 6(1) 18 (6)
3. Unit 3 1 (1) 3 (1) 4 (2) 6 (1) 18 (5)
4. Unit 4 1 (1) 3 (1) 6 (1) 10 (3)
5. Unit 6 - 3 (3) 6 (1) 15 (4)
6. Unit 7 1 (2) - 6 (1) 8 (3)
7. Unit 8 1 (2) 4 (1) 6 (1) 12 (4)
8. Unit 9 - 4 (2) -