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of Printed Pages : 6 BECC-112
BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS.)
ECONOMICS (BAECH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2023
BECC-112 : DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS—I
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer questions from all the Sections as
directed.
Section—A
Note : Answer any two questions from this Section
in about 500 words each. 2×20=40
1. Explain the concept of economic growth. How
does it differ from economic development ?
What are the indicators of economic
development ?
2. State the basic formulations of the Harrod
model of growth. How does the Harrod model
explain the occurrence of trade cycle ?
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3. Discuss the various measures of economic
inequality from the perspectives of personal
distribution of income and functional
distribution of income.
4. Discuss the concept of government failure.
Explain the causes of government failure.
Section—B
Note : Answer any four questions from this Section
in about 250 words each. 4×12=48
5. Discuss the role of geographical and cultural
factors as determinants of economic growth.
6. Discuss Arrow’s theory of learning by doing.
7. What is the relationship between economic
development and economic welfare ? What are
the characteristics of developing countries ?
8. Discuss the relation between technical change
and economic growth. Discuss Paul Rower’s
model of technological change.
9. How is poverty related to capability
deprivation ? Explain the concept of poverty
line.
10. Explain the concept of corruption. What are its
various types ?
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Section—C
Note : Answer both questions from this Section.
2×6=12
11. Explain the following concepts :
(a) Poverty traps
(b) Historical lock-ins
12. Distinguish between the following concepts :
(a) Embodied technical change and
Disembodied technical change
(b) Public-interest theory and Public-choice
theory
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2×20=40
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4×12=48
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2×6=12
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