Note :-

1. All the questions in the paper shall be Multiple Choice Type Questions.
2. Exam Duration: 3 Hours
3. Negative marking shall be applicable in the evaluation of answers. For every wrong answer one-third of the marks prescribed for that particular question shall be deducted. (Wrong answer shall mean an incorrect answer or multiple answer.)

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Syllabus : Economics

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1. Knowledge of Subject Concerned: Senior Secondary Level.

1. Meaning and Definition of Economics
2. Central Problems of an economy and Problem of choice
3. Economic systems; Characteristics and functions
4. Consumer equilibrium: Cardinal and ordinal approach
5. Demand and its Determinants, concept of elasticity of demand
6. Production function: Law of variable proportions and Returns to Scale, various concepts of costs and revenues and their relationships
7. Forms of market and their characteristics, determination of Price and output under perfect competition and monopoly
8. National Income- Concepts and their interrelationships; circular flow of National Income, GNP and Welfare, measurement of national income
9. Money- Meaning and functions; supply of money(M1,M2,M3,M4), functions of commercial banks and central bank, Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate
10. Meaning and determinants of economic development, characteristics of Under developed countries
11. Balance of Payments- Meaning and components, Balance of Trade
12. Problems of Indian Economy: Poverty, Unemployment and inequality in India
13. Economic Planning in India, Objectives and achievements.
14. NITI Aayog.
15. Measures of central tendency- Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode

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2. Knowledge of Subject Concerned: Graduation Level.

1. Theory of consumer behaviour- Marshallian Utility Analysis and Hick's Indifference Curve Analysis, Hicks and Slutsky Price Effect, Substitution Effect, Income Effect.
2. Consumer's and producer's surplus
3. Price and output determination in imperfect competition (Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition)
4. Macroeconomic variables, stock and flow variables
5. Consumption hypothesis.
6. Multiplier- Assumptions and Leakages, Dynamic and Static Multiplier, Accelerator
7. Theories of demand for Money, Liquidity Trap
8. Quantity theory of money
9. Inflation- Types and Control, Phillips curve
10. Objectives and instruments of Monetary and Fiscal Policies, Implementation of GST
11. Free trade and protection(Tariff & Quota)
12. Theories of trade – comparative cost and opportunity cost, Terms of Trade
13. Foreign Direct Investment, WTO, World Bank and IMF
14. Demographic Dividend in India
15. Measurement of development, HDI, PQLI
16. Concepts and Various measurement of poverty in India
17. Functional relationship in Economics and use of graphs, measures of dispersion, correlation, Index Number and Analysis of time Series.
18. Main features of economy of Rajasthan- Demography, State Domestic Product ,Forest,water, mineral and Livestock resources; Drought and Famine; tourism development.
19. Sources of Energy in Rajasthan - Renewable & Non-Renewable.
20. Main features of agricultural and industrial development of Rajasthan, Current Industrial Policy and agricultural policy, green revolution and food security.
21. Flagship Programmes of Government of Rajasthan.

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3. Knowledge of Subject Concerned: Post Graduation Level.

1. Welfare economics – Pareto optimality and new welfare economics
2. Concept of Green Accounting
3. IS-LM Model – Relative effectiveness of Monetary and Fiscal Policies
4. Mundell-Fleming Model
5. Trade cycle; Meaning, Phases and Counter Cyclical Policies
6. Growth Models – Lewis model, Harrod-Domar, Kaldor, Solow
7. Regression analysis, Concept of growth rate, methods of data collection and their presentation, probability, Sampling (only concept)
8. Economic reforms Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization, External and Financial Sector Reforms
9. Theories of International Trade – Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem
10. Current foreign trade policy of India.
11. Environment and development trade-off and concept of sustainable development.

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4. (Educational Psychology, Pedagogy, Teaching Learning Material, Use of computers and Information Technology in Teaching Learning)

1. Importance of Psychology in Teaching-Learning :
   1. Learner,
   2. Teacher,
   3. Teaching-learning process,
   4. School effectiveness.

2. Development of Learner
   1. Cognitive, Physical, Social, Emotional and Moral development patterns and characteristics among adolescent learner.

3. Teaching - Learning :

   1. Concept, Behavioural, Cognitive and constructivist principles of learning and its implication for senior secondary students.
   2. Learning characteristics of adolescent and its implication for teaching.

4. Managing Adolescent Learner :

   1. Concept of mental health and adjustment problems.
   2. Emotional Intelligence and its implication for mental health of adolescent. 1 Use of guidance techniques for nurturing mental health of adolescent.

5. Instructional Strategies for Adolescent Learner :

   1. Communication skills and its use.
   2. Preparation and use of teaching-learning material during teaching.
   3. Different teaching approaches:
      • Teaching models- Advance organizer, Scientific enquiry, Information, processing, cooperative learning.
   4. Constructivist principles based Teaching.

6. ICT Pedagogy Integration :

   1. Concept of ICT.
   2. Concept of hardware and software.
   3. System approach to instruction.
   4. Computer assisted learning.
   5. Computer aided instruction.
   6. Factors facilitating ICT pedagogy integration.