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CUET-PG Economics syllabus

Every topic in the syllabus, with its share of 747 past-paper questions.

Weightage by subject

Microeconomics

23%

Macroeconomics

19%

Indian Economy

13%

Statistics

11%

Mathematics

10%

International Economics

9%

Public Economics

4%

Economics of Growth and Development

3%

Econometrics

3%

Game Theory

<1%

Microeconomics

Consumer preferences and utility

3%

Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium

1%

Demand theory and elasticity

3%

Production and returns to scale

3%

Costs of production

2%

Perfect competition

2%

Monopoly and price discrimination

1%

Monopolistic competition and oligopoly

3%

Factor markets and income distribution

Not asked yet

General equilibrium and exchange economiesSECONDARY

1%

Market failure, externalities and public goods

3%

Choice under uncertaintySECONDARY

<1%

Asymmetric informationSECONDARY

Not asked yet

Welfare economics and social choiceSECONDARY

1%

Macroeconomics

National income accounting

2%

Classical macroeconomics

1%

3%

1%

Money supply and the banking multiplier

2%

Demand for money and monetary theories

1%

Inflation, unemployment and the Phillips curve

2%

Consumption and investment

2%

Business cycles and rational expectationsSECONDARY

<1%

Fiscal and monetary policy effectiveness

1%

Keynesian cross and the multiplier

4%

Statistics

Descriptive statistics and dispersion

4%

Probability and Bayes' theorem

2%

Random variables and standard distributions

3%

Joint distributions, covariance and correlation

1%

Sampling distributions and limit theorems

1%

Point and interval estimation

Not asked yet

Hypothesis testing

<1%

Index numbers and time-series basics

<1%

Mathematics

Sets, relations and functions

1%

Matrices, determinants and linear systems

3%

Vector spaces, rank and eigenvaluesSECONDARY

<1%

Limits, continuity and differentiability

2%

Single-variable optimisation

<1%

Multivariable calculus

1%

Constrained optimisation and linear programmingSECONDARY

1%

Concavity, convexity and quasi-concavitySECONDARY

1%

Integration and its applications

1%

Sequences, series and convergenceSECONDARY

<1%

Difference and differential equationsSECONDARY

1%

Combinatorics and countingSECONDARY

<1%

Logic and proof techniques

<1%

Indian Economy

The Indian economy before and after independence

2%

Planning, reforms and liberalisation

2%

Agriculture and the rural economy

2%

Industry, services and infrastructure

1%

Indian public finance and the Union Budget

2%

Money, banking and financial markets in India

3%

India's external sector and trade policy

<1%

Indian economic data, surveys and reports

1%

Econometrics

Linear regression and OLS

2%

Classical assumptions and their violations

<1%

Binary-choice and time-series models

Not asked yet

Economics of Growth and Development

Harrod–Domar and Solow growth models

2%

Endogenous growth and technical progressSECONDARY

<1%

Theories of development

1%

Poverty, inequality and human development

1%

International Economics

Open-economy macroeconomicsSECONDARY

1%

Theories of international trade

4%

Trade policy: tariffs, quotas and protection

1%

Balance of payments and exchange rates

2%

Economic integration and global institutions

<1%

Environmental Economics

Environment and sustainable development

Not asked yet

Game Theory

Game theory and strategic behaviourSECONDARY

<1%

Public Economics

Role of the state and public goods

1%

Taxation: incidence and efficiency

1%

Public expenditure and public debt

1%

Fiscal federalism and Finance Commissions

1%

SECONDARY topics appear on CUET-PG but are examined less heavily than the rest of the subject.

Eligibility

A bachelor's degree. Each university sets its own further conditions, such as Economics at undergraduate level or a minimum aggregate, in its admission notice.

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