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IIT JAM Economics syllabus

Every topic IIT JAM examines, grouped by module, with weightage computed from 360 real topic-tagged questions in past IIT JAM Economics (EN) papers — not an estimate copied from a syllabus PDF.

Weightage by module

Microeconomics

27%

Macroeconomics

19%

Statistics

19%

Mathematics

18%

Indian Economy

Development

International

Public Economics

Microeconomics

Consumer preferences and utility

2% weightage

Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium

1% weightage

Demand analysis: Slutsky, elasticity, CV and EV

2% weightage

Theory of production and returns to scale

1% weightage

Cost theory: short run and long run

3% weightage

Perfect competition

3% weightage

Monopoly and price discrimination

4% weightage

Monopolistic competition and oligopoly

1% weightage

Game theory and strategic behaviour

2% weightage

Factor markets and income distribution

1% weightage

SECONDARY topics appear on IIT JAM but are examined less heavily than the rest of the module.

Eligibility

A bachelor's degree with Economics as one of the subjects studied, typically with a minimum aggregate score set by the conducting IIT for that year. The exact eligibility criteria are published in the official IIT JAM information brochure each cycle — always confirm against the current year's brochure.

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Macroeconomics

National income accounting

4% weightage

Classical model and Keynesian cross

2% weightage

IS-LM analysis

3% weightage

AD-AS framework

no tagged Qs yet

Money supply, banking and the multiplier

1% weightage

Demand for money and monetary theories

1% weightage

Inflation, unemployment and the Phillips curve

4% weightage

Consumption and investment functions

1% weightage

Business cycles and rational expectations

1% weightage

Fiscal and monetary policy effectiveness

1% weightage

Open economy macroeconomics and Mundell-Fleming

1% weightage

Mathematics

Sets, relations, functions and logic

1% weightage

Matrices, determinants and linear systems

2% weightage

Vector spaces, rank, eigenvalues

2% weightage

Limits, continuity and differentiability

2% weightage

Single variable optimisation

0% weightage

Multivariable calculus and partial derivatives

1% weightage

Constrained optimisation: Lagrange and Kuhn-Tucker

3% weightage

Concavity, convexity and quasi-concavity

1% weightage

Integration and applications

2% weightage

Sequences, series and convergence

1% weightage

Difference and differential equations

2% weightage

Combinatorics and countingSECONDARY

0% weightage

Real analysis: sup, inf, compactness, continuity proofsSECONDARY

no tagged Qs yet

Statistics

Descriptive statistics and measures of dispersion

3% weightage

Probability: axioms, conditional, Bayes

3% weightage

Random variables and standard distributions

3% weightage

Joint distributions, covariance and correlation

2% weightage

Sampling distributions and limit theorems

1% weightage

Point and interval estimation

1% weightage

Hypothesis testing

2% weightage

Simple and multiple linear regression

3% weightage

CLRM assumptions and their violations

1% weightage

Index numbers and elementary time seriesSECONDARY

0% weightage

Indian Economy

Indian economy before and after independenceSECONDARY

1% weightage

Planning, reforms and liberalisationSECONDARY

3% weightage

Agriculture and the rural economySECONDARY

0% weightage

Industry, services and infrastructureSECONDARY

1% weightage

Indian public finance and the Union BudgetSECONDARY

1% weightage

Money, banking and financial markets in IndiaSECONDARY

2% weightage

India's external sector and trade policySECONDARY

1% weightage