Cbse class 12 economics post paper analysis 2018

CBSE Class 12 Economics Post-Paper Analysis 2018

The Economics paper was very easy and had direct questions.

By 26th Mar, 2018 | 06:57 pm

Today, March 26, the CBSE Class 12 Economics Board Paper was conducted successfully at various exam centres across India. Economics is considered one of the most scoring subjects. To see whether the paper was scoring or not, let us review the CBSE Class 12 Economics Paper this year.

Difficulty Level of the Paper

The paper was very easy, and there were no difficult question in the paper. That is, 72% of the paper consisted of direct questions and 28% of the paper consisted of average difficulty level questions. If we compare Microeconomics with Macroeconomics, Microeconomics was much easier than Macroeconomics.

Chapter-wise Marks Distribution

This year’s paper was different from that of last year. Project work of 20 marks was included in the 2017–18 paper. So, if we compare the chapter-wise weightage of marks of the paper with that of the CBSE blueprint, then it can be clearly seen that there were no variations in the chapter-wise weightage of marks.

Section A: 40 marks
(Microeconomics)	CBSE Blueprint Marks	2018 Marks
Ch-1: Introduction	4	4
Ch-2: Consumer Equilibrium and Demand	13	13
Ch-3: Production Behaviour and Supply	13	13
Ch-4: Forms of Market & Price Determination	10	10
Total	4	40

Section B: 40 marks
(Macroeconomics)	CBSE Blueprint Marks	2018 Marks
Ch-5: National Income and Related Aggregates	10	10
Ch-6: Money and Banking	6	6
Ch-7: Determination of Income and Employment	12	12
Ch-8: Government Budget and The Economy	6	6
Ch-9: Balance of Payments	6	6
Total	40	40

Proportion of Numericals

The paper was a combination of theoretical and numerical questions. The numerical questions accounted for 18 marks and the theoretical questions accounted for 62 marks. The numerical questions were easy and straightforward. These were asked from the topics ‘Cost’, ‘Price Elasticity of Supply’, ‘Marginal Propensity to Consume’, ‘Net National Product at Market Price’ and Gross Domestic Product at Factor Cost (using the Income Method)’.