Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Distribution of Questions:-
1. Indian Economy – majority of questions are asked from this area; there are usually about 40-45 questions
per year from this section.
2. Statistics- there are about 7- 10 questions every year.
3. Growth and Development - about 10 questions.
4. Micro and Macro Economics - about 35 – 40 questions every year.
5. International Economics - about 15-20 questions every year.
6. Money, Banking & Public Finance – about 10 –15 questions every year.
Reference / Sources:-
1. Indian Economy - Any one good book on Indian economy, it can either be Mishra-Puri or Dutt-
Sundaram. Pratiyogita Darpan special issue on economics,economic survey and budget from news paper.
2. Statistics – class 11’th NCERT book is more than sufficient.
3. Growth andDevelopment- M L Jhingan and NCERT book of class 11’th.
4. International Economics - book by H.G.Mannur or Salvatoire.
5. Money, Banking & Public Finance - S.B.Gupta & Pratiyogita Darpan (Special issue) for banking and
H.L.Bhatia for Public Finance.
6. Micro Economics - NCERT & Koutsoyyiannis or Ahuja.
7. Macro Economics – NCERT & JHINGAN.
8. Solved 10 years paper and any one practise book(eg.IIMS Question bank) of any publication.
Strategy:-
1. More emphasis should be on NCERT BOOKS .Do it properly and don’t underestimate them because
many questions are asked directly from them only.
2. Practise and revise diagrams regularly.
3. Concentrate mainly on Micro, Macro & Indian Economy because majority of questions are asked from
these areas.
I(Saurabh) did not take coaching for optional anywhere but always managed to secure 88+ and cleared
prelims twice and also appeared in interview in 2008.Therefore I suggest you to don’t go by rumours that
economics is dangerous or difficult. If you have the background like Eco.(hons) or B.Com(hons.) then you
must go for it, it is safest.You can post your queries regarding economics in comments section and i will be
personally answering them.
Saurabh Mishra
MA (Economics)
http://www.upscportal.com