Economics-SS1 First term

last update on: 07/30/2025

In this term, learners should look out for the following in detail. 

  1. Meaning of economics and related concepts:
    • Definition
    • Scope
    • Importance and concept of economics (wants scarcity, scale of preference choice and opportunity cost).  
  2. Basic tools for economic analysis:
    • Graph, chart, and tables with related examples.
    • Construction of frequency distribution.
  3. Basic tools for economic analysis:
    • Measures of central tendency
    • Meaning, types (Mean median, mode)
    • Merit and demerit with simple application   
  4. Concept of demand and supply:
    • Price system
    • Demand and demand Schedule
    • Curves
    • Laws
    • Factors affecting Demand.
  5. Concepts of demand and supply:
    • Meaning
    • supply curve
    • Laws
    • Factors affecting supply
  6. Determinant of equilibrium price:
    • Quantity
    • point
    • Simple application   
  7. Theory of production:
    • Meaning of production
    • Types of production
    • Factor of production.  
  8. Theory of production:
    • Meaning of division of labour
    • Specialization
    • Advantages and disadvantages
    • Limitation of division of labour  
  9. Theory of production:
    • Scale of production
    • Advantages and disadvantages of large scale production.  
  10. Basic Economic system:
    • Types of economic system (Capitalization)
    • Advantages and disadvantages.
  11. Basic economic system:
    • Socialism and mixed economy
    • Advantages and disadvantages
  12. Basic economic problem of society:
    • what to produce
    • how to produce
    • for whom to produce
    • Efficient use of resources.