Delhi Sub-ordinate staff selection board is the authority who recruit candidates for Delhi Government such as DOE. In our previous posts, you can see Notification about various teaching posts in Delhi. In this article, we will be sharing the DSSSB PGT Economics Syllabus and DSSSB PGT Economics exam pattern. Complete and comprehensive details such as Number of questions, Maximum marks, negative marking in the PGT Economics exam are available here. Interested candidates should read the "DSSSB PGT Economics Syllabus & Exam Pattern" article very carefully. Candidates must ensure the eligibility for the post of DSSSB PGT Economics before applying for this post. After reading this article you will get the answers to following questions:

  1. The number of questions that will be asked in DSSSB PGT Economics Exam.
  2. Negative marking in PGT Economics exam.
  3. Maximum marks in DSSSB PGT Economics Exam.
  4. Marks per question for Post Graduate TeacherEconomics.
  5. Duration of Exam for DSSSB PGT Economics.
  6. Complete and Detailed Syllabus for the DSSSB PGT Economics.
Name of Exam DSSSB PGT Economics
Duration of Exam 2 Hours
Negative marking Yes, 1/4th
Marks per question 1 Mark
Maximum Marks 200
Number of questions 200
Mode of exam Offline
Type of Article Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Post Name DSSSB PGT Economics Syllabus & DSSSB PGT Economics Exam Pattern
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DSSSB PGT Economics Exam Pattern

Delhi Sub-ordinate staff selection board, exam pattern for the postgraduate(replace karo) teacher in the schools of Delhi Government. This exam pattern is valid for the post of DSSSB PGT Economics.
S. No. Subjects Marks per question Number of question Total marks Negative marking Duration of Exam
1. Mental ability and reasoning ability 1 20 20 0.25 2 Hours
2. General Awareness 1 2 20 0.25
3. English Language & Comprehension 1 20 20 0.25
4. Hindi Language & comprehension 1 20 20 0.25
5. Numerical Aptitude & Data Interpretation 1 20 20 0.25
6. Questions of Computer Science 1 100 100 0.25
Total Number of Questions & Total Marks in PGT Economics 200 200
  1. Total number of questions in PGT Economics exam is: 200
  2. Maximum marks for PGT Economics exam is: 200

DSSSB PGT Economics Syllabus

INTRODUCTORY MICRO ECONOMICS AND MACRO ECONOMICS 1. Introduction: Central problems of an economy, production possibility curve and opportunity cost. 2. Consumer Behaviour and Demand: Consumer’s Equilibrium - meaning and attainment of equilibrium through Utility Approach and Indifference Approach, Demand, market demand, determinants of demand, demand curve, movement along and shifts in demand curve. Law of demand and its exceptions. Price elasticity of demand, measurement of price elasticity of demand - percentage, total expenditure and geometric method. 3. Producer Behaviour & Supply: Agents of production. Production function. Cost and Revenue- meaning and various types of costs and revenue. Isoquants. Returns to a factor and returns to scale. Supply, market supply, determinants of supply, supply curve, movement along and shifts in supply curve, price elasticity of supply and its measurement. Components and theories of distribution. Welfare economics: Paretooptimality, private and social products. Consumer surplus. 4. Forms of Market and Price Determination: Forms of market – meaning and features. Price determination under perfect competition, monopoly and imperfect competitions, effects of shifts in demand and supply. 5. National Income and related aggregates: Macroeconomics: Meaning. Circular flow of income, concepts of GDP, GNP, NDP, NNP (at market price and factor cost), National Disposable Income, Private Income, Personal Income and Personal Disposable Income. Measurement of National Income. 6. Determination of Income and Employment: Aggregate demand, Aggregate supply and their components. Propensity to consume and propensity to save. Involuntary unemployment and full employment. Determination of income and employment. Concept of investment multiplier and its working. Problems of excess and deficient demands Measures to correct excess and deficient demands - availability of credit, change in Government spending. Inflation: meaning, causes and remedies 7. Money and Banking: Money - meaning, evolution and functions. Central bank - meaning and functions. Commercial banks - meaning and functions. Recent significant reforms and issues in Indian Banking System-privatisation and modernisation 8. Government Budget and the Economy: Government budget - meaning and its components. Objectives of government budget. Classification of receipts; classification of expenditure. Types of budget. Revenue deficit, fiscal deficit and primary deficit: meaning and implications; measures to contain different deficits. Downsizing the role of government. 9. Balance of Payments: Foreign exchange rate- meaning (Fixed and Flexible), merits and demerits; Determination through demand and supply. Balance of payments accounts - meaning and components 10. International Economics: Theories of international trade, free trade and protection, IMF – The World Bank and its associates. WTO. 11. Concepts of shares, debentures, SEBI, NSEW, BSE and various indices. PART-B: STATISTICS AND INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. Introduction and collection, organization of data: Meaning, scope and importance of statistics in Economics. Collection and organisation of data. Census of India and National Sample Survey Organisation. Statistical Tools and Interpretation: Measures of Central Tendency. Geometric mean and harmonic mean. Measures of Dispersion. Lorenz Curve: Meaning and its application. Correlation – meaning. Measures of correlation - Karl Pearson’s method, Spearman’s rank correlation. Time series analysis. Introduction to Index Numbers - meaning, types - wholesale price index, consumer price index and index of industrial production, uses of index numbers; Inflation and index numbers. 2. Development Policies and Experience: A brief introduction of the state of Indian economy on the eve of independence. Common goals of Five Year Plans, major controversies on planning in India. Main features, problems and policies of agriculture, industry and foreign trade. 3. Economic Reforms since 1991: Need & main features - liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation; an appraisal of LPG policies 4. Current challenges facing Indian Economy: Poverty and programmes for poverty alleviation. Rural development: Key issues - credit and marketing - role of cooperatives; agricultural diversification; alternative farming - organic farming. Human Capital Formation. Growth of Education Sector in India. Employment: opportunities and other related issues. Infrastructural Problems and policies. Sustainable Economic Development: Meaning; Effects of Economic Development on Resources and Environment. 5. Development Experience of India: A comparison with neighbours India and Pakistan, India and China, Issues: growth, population, sectoral development and other developmental indicators.