Economics · Class 11 Commerce
Ch 7Indian Economy — Class 11 Economics, concept-first.
So far in this book you have studied microeconomics — how individual consumers and firms behave, how prices are determined in a single market, and how resources are allocated at the level of one buyer or one seller. This chapter turns to a much wider canvas: the Indian economy as a whole.
Key concepts
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Mixed Economy
A mixed economy is an economic system in which both the private sector, operating through free markets, and the public sector, owned and directed by the state, coexist and together decide what is produced, how it is prod…
Most relevant Q&A
- What is meant by an economic system? Name the three main types of economic systems.Free
- Distinguish between capitalism and socialism.Free
- Why is India described as a mixed economy?Free
- State the Doctrine of Trusteeship.Preview
- Goods and Services Tax is ________. (a) like value added tax (b) a multi point tax (c) a single point tax with no cascading effects (d) havi…Preview
Chapter contents
The NCERT structure, section by section. Open a section to see its questions, then read the concept-first solution.
Introduction: Understanding an Economy
So far in this book you have studied microeconomics — how individual consumers and firms behave, how prices are determined in a single market, and how resources are allocated at the level of one buyer…
Economic Systems: Capitalism, Socialism and Mixed Economy
Every economy has to resolve the central problem of scarcity — unlimited wants chasing limited resources — by deciding what goods to produce, how to produce them, and how to distribute the resulting o…
India as a Developing Economy
Countries are broadly classified as developed or developing economies based on their level of economic and social advancement.
Sectoral Classification: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sectors
Economic activity in any economy can be classified into three broad sectors based on the nature of the activity involved.
Occupational Structure versus Output Structure
One of the most important structural facts about the Indian economy is the mismatch between its occupational structure (how the workforce is distributed across sectors) and its output structure (how n…
Infrastructure: The Support System of the Economy
No sector of the economy — agriculture, industry or services — can function efficiently without a supporting network of basic facilities.
A First Look at National Income
Having looked at how the economy is structured sector-wise, it is useful to introduce — at a purely conceptual level — how the size of a nation's total economic activity is actually measured.
Exercises
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- Q1What is meant by an economic system? Name the three main types of economic systems.Free
- Q2Distinguish between capitalism and socialism.Free
- Q3Why is India described as a mixed economy?Free
- Q4List and briefly explain any four features of India as a developing economy.Preview
- Q5What is disguised unemployment? Explain with reference to Indian agriculture.Preview
- Q6Classify economic activities into primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, giving two examples of each.Preview
- Q7Explain why the primary sector's share of India's national output has declined over the decades while it still employs a large share of the…Preview
- Q8Distinguish between economic infrastructure and social infrastructure with examples.Preview
- Q9Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Write the basic expenditure identity used to express GDP.Preview
- Q10Distinguish between GNP and NNP.Preview
- Q11"India's structural features as a developing economy are similar in broad principle to what other economics courses in India also study." Ex…Preview
- Q12Explain in detail why infrastructure is often called the "support system" of an economy, and how weak infrastructure can hold back economic…Preview
Sample & Board Papers
Sample papers and previous-year board questions for this subject.
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- Q1'Year of Small Divide' : (a) 1975 (b) 1951 (c) 1961 (d) 1971Preview
- Q2State the Doctrine of Trusteeship.Preview
- Q3(a) Explain the strong features of Indian Economy. OR (b) Elaborate the Land Tenure Systems in India.Preview
- Q4Which one of the following is a developed Nation ? (a) France (b) Mexico (c) Sri Lanka (d) GhanaPreview
- Q5Goods and Services Tax is ________. (a) like value added tax (b) a multi point tax (c) a single point tax with no cascading effects (d) havi…Preview
- Q6List out the reasons for low Per capita income as given by V.K.R.V. Rao.Preview
- Q7State Ambedkar's economic ideas on agricultural economy.Preview
- Q8(a) Explain the strong features of Indian Economy. OR (b) Explain the Marginal Productivity theory of distribution.Preview
- Q9(a) Explain the role of SSI in economic development. OR (b) What are the ideas of information and communication technology used in Economics…Preview
- Q10The population growth rate of the year 1951 is known as __________. (a) year of urbanisation (b) year of small divide (c) year of Great Divi…Preview
- Q11Mixed economy means : (a) Public sectors and banks (b) Private sectors and banks (c) Public sector only (d) Co-existence of Public and Priva…Preview
- Q12What is the term used to denote the co-existence of two different features in an economy ? (a) Dualism (b) Technology (c) Inequality (d) Dep…Preview
- Q13State any two features of a developed economy.Preview
- Q14Goods and Services tax is ______. (a) like value added tax (b) a multi point tax (c) a single point tax with no cascading effects (d) having…Preview
- Q15The position of Indian Economy among the other strongest economies in the world is : (a) Fifth (b) Fourth (c) Tenth (d) SeventhPreview
- Q16State any one feature of Indian Economy.Preview
- Q17Density of population = (a) Total population/Land area of the region (b) Land area/Total population (c) Total population/Employment (d) Land…Preview
- Q18The year 1961 in population is known as the ______. (a) Year of Urbanisation (b) Year of Small Divide (c) Year of Great Divide (d) Year of P…Preview
- Q19What are the different features of Services ?Preview
- Q20(a) Explain the objectives and characteristics of Special Economic Zones (SEZs). OR (b) Describe the qualitative aspects of Population.Preview
- Q21Mixed economy means ..... (a) Private sectors and banks (b) Coexistence of Public and Private sectors (c) Public sectors and banks (d) Publi…Preview
- Q22Define Birth Rate.Preview
- Q23What are the different features of services?Preview