DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL CIVIL LINES ALIGARH
SAMPLE PAPER/SUBJECT-ECONOMICS (030)/CLASS-XI/2025-26
TIME: - 3 Hours M.M. – 80
General Instructions:
1. Read all the questions carefully.
2. All the questions must be attempted.
SECTION-A (MICROECONOMICS)
Q.1 The factor causing extension in supply of a good is: [1 Mark]
a) Increase in number of firms c) Increase in Price of goods
b) Decrease in tax rate d) Improvement in technology
Q.2 Coefficient of Inelastic supply is: [1 Mark]
a) Infinity c) Zero
b) More than one d) Less than one
Q.3 Match the statements in Column A and B & choose the correct alternative: [1 Mark]
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(i) Buffer Stock a) Price fixed below equilibrium
(ii) Price floor b) Direct intervention by government
(iii) Rationing c) Price fixed above equilibrium
(iv) Price ceiling and support price d) A consequence of price support
program
a) (i)d (ii)c (iii)a (iv)b c) (i)b (ii)c (iii)a (iv)d
b) (i)a (ii)c (iii)d (iv)b d) (i)d (ii)a (iii)c (iv)b
Q.4 Read the following statements and selects the correct alternative: [1 Mark]
Statement 1: Positive statements do not pass any value judgments.
Statement 2: Normative statements are verifiable.
a) Both the statements are true.
b) Both the statements are false.
c) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
d) Statement 2 is true and Statement 1 is false.
Q.5 Read the following statements and selects the correct alternative: [1 Mark]
Assertion: A rational producer always seeks to operate in Phase II of Law of Variable Proportions.
Reason: In Phase II of Law of Variable Proportions, Marginal Product is negative.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
Q.6 Price of a good 'X' rises from 20 per unit to 40 per unit. The consumer buys the same quantity; he
bought at 20 per unit. What would be price elasticity of demand? [1 Mark]
a) Infinity c) Zero
b) One d) Less than one
Q.7 All the curves except are U shaped curves: [1 Mark]
a) Average Cost Curve c) Average Fixed Cost Curve
b) Marginal Cost Curve d) Average Variable Cost Curve
Q.8 What does budget set includes? [1 Mark]
a) All those combinations of two goods which a consumer already possesses.
b) All those combinations of two goods which a consumer cannot afford.
c) All those combinations of two goods which a consumer is willing to buy.
d) All those combinations of two goods which a consumer can afford.
Q.9 Which Law states that: "When a consumer consumes more and more units of a product, the utility
derived from each additional unit decreases"? [1 Mark]
a) Law of Cardinal Approach c) Law of Ordinal Approach
b) Law of Equi-marginal utility d) Law of DMU
Q.10 Based on the given schedule, state the effect on the demand curve: [1 Mark]
PRICE(Rs) QUANTITY (Kg)
4 50
4 30
a) Leftward Shift c) Rightward Shift
b) Downward Movement d) Upward Movement
Q.11 The government establishes a large number of institutes of Science and technology. How will it affect
the PPC? Explain. [3 Marks]
Q.12 “In a perfectly competitive market buyers treat products by all the firms homogeneous”. Explain the
significance of homogeneity of goods in a perfectly competitive market. [3 Marks]
Q.13 With the help of diagram, explain the effect of the increase in the level of air pollution on the market
demand curve for Air Purifiers in Delhi. [4 Marks]
OR
Giving reason, state the impact of each of following on demand curve of a normal good 'X' if:
(i) Increase in price of good X
(ii) Income of consumer increases.
Q.14 Delhites witnessed sharp rise in temperature in summer this year. This has rapidly increased the
demand for cotton shirts in the market. On the other hand, India witnessed bumper cotton produce due to
favourable climate conditions. [4 Marks]
On the basis of above information answer the following questions.
(I) Explain the likely effect on the supply of cotton shirts in the market.
(II) If the increase in the demand for cotton shirts is in the same proportion as increase in the supply
of cotton .How will it affect equilibrium Price and Quantity of cotton shirts? Explain with the help of
a diagram.
Q.15 Complete the following schedule: [4 Marks]
PRICE (Rs) OUTPUT (Units) TOTAL REVENUE (Rs) MARGINAL REVENUE (Rs)
7 - 7 -
- 2 10 -
- 3 - -1
1 - - -5
Q.16 A consumer consumes only two goods X and Y whose prices are Rs 2 and Rs 1 per unit
respectively. If the consumer chooses a combination of the two goods with marginal utility of X being 4
and that of Y also being 4, Is the consumer in equilibrium? Give reasons.
Explain what will a rational consumer do in this situation? Use Marginal Utility Analysis. [4 + 2 Marks]
Q.17 Availability of agricultural land is limited in India but demand of food grains is continuously increasing.
Is it possible to increase the supply of food grains by continuously increasing one variable input like seeds?
Which law becomes applicable here? Explain it with the help of diagram. Also state its assumptions.
. [3 + 3 Marks]
SECTION-B (STATISTICS)
Q.18 ---------------is a true statement for expressing Loss of information. [1 Mark]
a) When the classification of data does not present the details which are available in organized data.
b) When the classification of data does not present the details which are available in raw data.
c) When the classification of data does not present the details which are available in secondary data.
d) When the classification of data does not present the details which are available in time series data.
Q.19 Under Exclusive Method_________. [1 Mark]
a) The upper class limit of a class is excluded in the class interval.
b) The upper class limit of a class is included in the class interval.
c) The lower class limit of a class is excluded in the class interval.
d) The lower & the upper class limits of a class are included in the class interval.
Q.20 From the following identify which statement is not incorrect: [1 Mark]
a) Statistics deals with individuals.
b) Statistics are true only on an average.
c) Statistics deals with qualitative statements only.
d) Statistics does not help in condensing mass data.
Q.21 _______ is a positional average. [1 Mark]
a) Arithmetic Mean c) Median
b) Arithmetic Mean & Mode d) Arithmetic Mean & Median
Q.22 Read the following statements and selects the correct alternative: [1 Mark]
Statement 1: Simple arithmetic mean is not affected by change of origin.
Statement 2: Simple arithmetic mean gives equal importance to all items of the series.
a) Both the statements are true.
b) Both the statements are false.
c) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
d) Statement 2 is true and Statement 1 is false.
Q.23 Identify the incorrect set of statements: [1 Mark]
Column I Column II
(i) Interpretation of data (a) Drawing conclusions
(ii) Presentation of data (b) Tables, graphs & diagrams
(iii) Statistics (c) Not numerically expressed
(iv) Scarcity of resources (d) A cause of economic problem
a) (i) – (a) b) (Ii) – (b) c) (iii) – (c) d) (iv) – (d)
Q.24 Define the term Correlation. [1 Mark]
Q.25 Which of the following is known as column heading of a Table? [1 Mark]
a) Stubs c) Sub-titles
b) Captions d) Footnote
Q.26 Index no. for base year is: [1 Mark]
a) 0 c) 10
b) 1 d) 100
Q.27 Mention the initial two stages of Singular Sense. [1 Mark]
Q.28 Illustrate the meaning of structured questions. List an advantage & disadvantage each of the same in
comparison to unstructured questions. [3 Marks]
Q.29 In a class of 50 students, the mean marks in English were 58. Later on it was found that 2 students with
marks 40 & 42 joined the class while it was realized that marks of a student were wrongly recorded as 25
instead of 20 & the same student left the section. Calculate the corrected mean. [3 Marks]
Q.30 Locate the median using a less than Ogive: [4 Marks]
X 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
F 6 7 8 10 16 3
Q.31 Calculate mode from the given data: [4 Marks]
Marks 10 20 30 40 50
No. of 15 13 9 3 1
students
Q.32 Elaborate the limitation of index numbers in Economics. [4 Marks]
Q.33 (A) Represent the following data through a Pie diagram: [4 + 2 Marks]
Items A B C D
Expenditure (in %) 50 15 10 25
(B) Define the term Price Index Number & Formula for calculating Index Number with the help of Ideal
Fisher Index Method.
Q.34 (A) Calculate the coefficient of Correlation between X & Y Variables by Spearman’s Rank method and
interpret the results. [4 + 2 Marks]
X 90 88 78 78 74 70 65 62
Y 18 25 30 30 30 42 38 47
(B) State the various degrees of Correlation.
