Economics · Class 12 Commerce

Tamil Nadu Dge Class 12 Economics — Real Previous-Year Papers

with complete answers

Real previous-year board papers, year by year — the official exam pattern, the full question paper, and every question solved the concept-first way. Distinct from the chapter-wise textbook bank.

2020–2026
Years of papers: 6
Total Papers: 6
Real Board Papers: 0
Sample papers: 282
Real-paper Q & A: 0
Sample-paper Q & A

Real board-paper questions available, by year

47 Q2026complete

47 Q2025complete

47 Q2024complete

47 Q2023complete

47 Q2022complete

—2021Exam cancelled (COVID-19)

47 Q2020complete

2021 — Exam cancelled (COVID-19): Tamil Nadu cancelled its 2021 Higher Secondary (both Class 11 and Class 12) public examinations outright due to the COVID-19 second wave; students were promoted using internal/prior-year marks, so no 2021 question paper was conducted or printed and none exists to publish.

Tamil Nadu HSC (DGE) Commerce Board 2026 · Set MARCH

Real board examination

About this paper

The real Class-12 board examination held in 2026. Every question below is solved the concept-first way. Sample papers are labelled honestly — never shown as a past exam.

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The marks / questions / duration above are the official exam pattern. We currently have 47 of this paper’s questions, with 47 fully solved. Questions we couldn’t yet extract or verify are held — never shown as complete.

The question paper

The questions we hold for this paper, laid out by section. Solutions are on the Answers tab.

Board Examination

Economics

Tamil Nadu HSC (DGE) Commerce Board 2026 · Set MARCH

Series/Set: MARCHRoll No. ________

Time Allowed: —Maximum Marks: —

Section A

Q1.

In which sector Foreign Direct Investments is not permitted in India ?

(a) Pharmaceutical
(b) Banking
(c) Insurance
(d) Atomic Energy

[1]

Q2.

The Chairperson of NITI Aayog is ______.

(a) Vice-President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Finance Minister
(d) President

[1]

Q3.

The sum of MPC and MPS is ______.

(a) 0.1
(b) 1
(c) 1.1
(d) 2

[1]

Q4.

In India, Economic policy reforms were started in the year :

(a) 1993
(b) 1991
(c) 1994
(d) 1992

[1]

Q5.

Expansion for NNP is :

(a) National Net Provident
(b) Net National Product
(c) Net National Provident
(d) National Net Product

[1]

Q6.

Who is regarded as the 'Father of Modern Macro Economics' ?

(a) Ragnar Frisch
(b) Adam Smith
(c) Karl Marx
(d) J.M. Keynes

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Q7.

The objectives of Fiscal Policy is :

(a) Price stability
(b) Economic growth
(c) Full employment
(d) All of the above

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Q8.

Keynes theory emphasized on ___ equilibrium. (a) Very long run (b) Very short run (c) Long run (d) Short run

[1]

Q9.

Identify the flow variable. (a) Income (b) Money supply (c) Foreign Exchange reserves (d) Assets

[1]

Q10.

Central Bank is ___ authority of any country. (a) Wage (b) Monetary (c) National income (d) Fiscal

[1]

Q11.

The term regression was first used by : (a) Spearman (b) Newton (c) Galton (d) Pearson

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Q12.

Acid rain is one of the consequences of ___. (a) Land Pollution (b) Air Pollution (c) Noise Pollution (d) Water Pollution

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Q13.

The RBI Headquarters is located at ___. (a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Bengaluru (d) Chennai

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Q14.

Which of the following country adopt Indicative Planning ? (a) Italy (b) France (c) Russia (d) Germany

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Q15.

Once the borrower fails to make Interest or Principal payments for ___ days the loan is considered to be a Non-Performing Asset. (a) 60 (b) 30 (c) 180 (d) 90

[1]

Q16.

GST is equivalence of ___. (a) Income tax (b) Sales tax (c) Local tax (d) Corporate tax

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Q17.

World Bank is having its headquarters at : (a) Vienna (b) Washington D.C (c) Geneva (d) New York

[1]

Q18.

The other name for Special Drawing Rights is ___. (a) Quotas (b) Voluntary Export Restrictions (c) Paper gold (d) None of the above

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Q19.

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Q20.

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Section B

Q1.

What do you mean by Capitalism ?

[2]

Q2.

Define GDP deflator.

[2]

Q3.

What are the types of Statistics ?

[2]

Q4.

Define Full employment.

[2]

Q5.

What is Consumption Function ?

[2]

Q6.

What is Autonomous Investment ?

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Q7.

What is Stagflation ?

[2]

Q8.

Write about Commercial Banks.

[2]

Q9.

What is meant by International Trade ?

[2]

Q10.

Write any two functions of WTO.

[2]

Section C

Q1.

Indicate the demerits of Socialism.

[3]

Q2.

Give a short note on Expenditure method.

[3]

Q3.

Explain about Aggregate Supply with the help of diagram.

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Q4.

Write about Super Multiplier.

[3]

Q5.

What is Money Supply ?

[3]

Q6.

What are the functions of NABARD ?

[3]

Q7.

State any three characteristics of Tax.

[3]

Q8.

Write a short note on 'Alkali soil'.

[3]

Q9.

What are the functions of Statistics ?

[3]

Q10.

What is meant by Planning by Direction ?

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Section D

Q1.

(a) Describe the scope of Macro Economics. OR (b) Discuss the economic determinants of economic development.

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Q2.

(a) Describe the various methods of estimating National Income of a country. OR (b) State and explain instruments of Fiscal Policy.

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Q3.

(a) Illustrate the working of Multiplier. OR (b) Describe the different phases of Trade Cycle.

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Q4.

(a) Explain the role of Commercial Banks in economic development. OR (b) Discuss the differences between Internal Trade and International Trade.

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Q5.

(a) Bring out the functions of World Bank. OR (b) Elucidate the nature and scope of Statistics.

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Q6.

(a) Explain the scope of Public Finance. OR (b) Narrate the equilibrium between ADF and ASF with diagram.

[5]

Q7.

(a) Estimate the Karl Pearson's co-efficient of correlation with actual mean method for the following data. | Age of cars in years (X) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cost of Annual Maintenance (in 000 Rs) | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | OR (b) Explain the objectives of ASEAN.

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