CUET Economics Syllabus 2026 PDF, Free Download Section-wise Syllabus, Important Topics, Pattern

Unit no.

Unit Name

I.

Introduction to Microeconomics

II.

Consumer Behaviour and Demand

III.

National Income and Related Aggregates — Basic Concepts and Measurement

IV.

Determination of Income and Employment

V.

Money and Banking

VI.

Government Budget and the Economy

VII.

Balance of Payments

VIII.

Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991

IX.

Current challenges facing the Indian Economy

X.

Development Experience of India

Unit no.

Unit Name

Topics

I.

Introduction to Microeconomics

• What is microeconomics?

• Central problems

II.

Consumer Behaviour and Demand

• Consumer’s Equilibrium: meaning and attainment of equilibrium through the Utility Approach: One and two commodity cases.

• Demand: market demand, determinants of demand, demand schedule, demand curve, movement along and shifts in the demand curve, price elasticity of demand, measurement of price elasticity of demand – percentage, total expenditure, and geometric methods.

III.

National Income and Related Aggregates — Basic Concepts and Measurement

• Macroeconomics: meaning.

• Circular flow of income, concepts of GDP, GNP, NDP, NNP (at market price and factor cost).

• Measurement of National Income –Value Added method, Income method, and Expenditure method

IV.

Determination of Income and Employment

• Aggregate demand, aggregate supply, and their components

• Propensity to consume and propensity to save (average and marginal)

• Meaning of involuntary unemployment and full employment

• Determination of income and employment: two-sector model

• Concept of investment multiplier and its working

• Problems of excess and deficient demand

• Measures to correct excess and deficient demand – availability of credit, change in government spending

V.

Money and Banking

• Money: meaning, evolution, and functions

• Central bank: meaning and functions

• Commercial banks: meaning and functions

VI.

Government Budget and the Economy

• Government budget – meaning and its components

• Objectives of the government budget

• Classification of receipts – revenue and capital; classification of expenditure – revenue and capital, plan and non-plan, and developmental and non-developmental

• Balanced budget, surplus budget, and deficit budget: meaning and implications

• Revenue deficit, fiscal deficit, and primary deficit: meaning and implications; measures to contain different deficits.

VII.

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

• A brief analysis of recent exchange rate issues

VIII.

Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991

• A brief introduction to the state of the Indian economy on the eve of independence. Indian economic system and the common goals of the Five-Year Plans. Main features, problems and policies of agriculture (institutional aspects and new agricultural strategy), industry (IPR 1956; SSI – role & importance) and foreign trade.

IX.

Current challenges facing the Indian Economy

• Poverty – absolute and relative; Main programmes for poverty alleviation: A critical assessment;

• Human Capital Formation – How many people become resources? Role of human capital in economic development.

• Rural development: Key issues – credit and marketing – role of cooperatives; agricultural diversification;

• Employment: Growth and changes in workforce participation rate in formal and informal sectors; problems and policies

• Infrastructure: Meaning and Types: Case Studies: Health: Problems and Policies – A Critical Assessment;

• Sustainable Economic Development: Meaning, Effects of Economic Development on Resources and Environment, including global warming

X.

Development Experience of India

A comparison with neighbours

India and Pakistan India and

China Issues: economic growth, population, sectoral development and other

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CUET Economics Syllabus

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Exam Conducting Body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

Medium of Exam

13 languages: English, Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam

Number of Questions

40 out of 50 questions to be attempted

Type of Questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Marking Scheme

+5 points for each correct answer; -1 point for each incorrect answer

CUET Economics Mapping for Courses

• B.A. Hons. in Economics

• B.Sc. in Economics

• B.Com (Hons.)