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GATE XH-C1 Economics syllabus

Every topic in the syllabus, with its share of 196 past-paper questions.

Weightage by subject

Microeconomics

25%

Macroeconomics

19%

Statistics

9%

International Economics

8%

Economics of Growth and Development

7%

Indian Economy

6%

Mathematics

4%

Econometrics

4%

Game Theory

4%

Public Economics

4%

Environmental Economics

1%

Microeconomics

Consumer preferences and utility

1%

Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium

2%

Demand theory and elasticity

2%

Production and returns to scale

Not asked yet

Costs of production

4%

Perfect competition

4%

Monopoly and price discrimination

3%

Monopolistic competition and oligopoly

4%

Factor markets and income distribution

1%

General equilibrium and exchange economies

2%

Market failure, externalities and public goods

2%

Choice under uncertainty

2%

Asymmetric information

1%

Welfare economics and social choice

Not asked yet

Macroeconomics

National income accounting

2%

Classical macroeconomics

1%

2%

1%

Money supply and the banking multiplier

3%

Demand for money and monetary theories

3%

Inflation, unemployment and the Phillips curve

2%

Consumption and investment

3%

Business cycles and rational expectations

1%

Fiscal and monetary policy effectiveness

1%

Keynesian cross and the multiplier

2%

Statistics

Descriptive statistics and dispersion

Not asked yet

Probability and Bayes' theorem

1%

Random variables and standard distributions

5%

Joint distributions, covariance and correlation

1%

Sampling distributions and limit theorems

1%

Point and interval estimation

2%

Hypothesis testing

1%

Index numbers and time-series basicsSECONDARY

Not asked yet

Mathematics

Sets, relations and functions

Not asked yet

Matrices, determinants and linear systems

2%

Vector spaces, rank and eigenvalues

Not asked yet

Limits, continuity and differentiability

1%

Single-variable optimisation

Not asked yet

Multivariable calculus

2%

Constrained optimisation and linear programming

1%

Concavity, convexity and quasi-concavity

Not asked yet

Integration and its applications

Not asked yet

Sequences, series and convergence

Not asked yet

Difference and differential equations

Not asked yet

Combinatorics and countingSECONDARY

Not asked yet

Real analysisSECONDARY

Not asked yet

Logic and proof techniques

Not asked yet

Indian Economy

The Indian economy before and after independenceSECONDARY

Not asked yet

Planning, reforms and liberalisation

2%

Agriculture and the rural economy

1%

Industry, services and infrastructure

Not asked yet

Indian public finance and the Union Budget

1%

Money, banking and financial markets in India

1%

India's external sector and trade policy

1%

Indian economic data, surveys and reportsSECONDARY

1%

Econometrics

Linear regression and OLS

2%

Classical assumptions and their violations

2%

Binary-choice and time-series models

1%

Economics of Growth and Development

Harrod–Domar and Solow growth models

2%

Endogenous growth and technical progress

1%

Theories of development

1%

Poverty, inequality and human development

3%

International Economics

Open-economy macroeconomics

3%

Theories of international trade

1%

Trade policy: tariffs, quotas and protection

1%

Balance of payments and exchange rates

4%

Economic integration and global institutionsSECONDARY

1%

Environmental Economics

Environment and sustainable development

1%

Game Theory

Game theory and strategic behaviour

4%

Public Economics

Role of the state and public goods

1%

Taxation: incidence and efficiency

2%

Public expenditure and public debt

1%

Fiscal federalism and Finance CommissionsSECONDARY

1%

SECONDARY topics appear on GATE XH-C1 but are examined less heavily than the rest of the subject.

Eligibility

Students in the third or a later year of an undergraduate degree, and graduates. There is no qualifying score to sit the paper; each institute sets its own admission cutoff.

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