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CUET (UG) Business Economics Syllabus 2025
The CUET (UG) Business Economics Syllabus for the CUET (UG) 2025 is available by the National Testing Agency. The CUET (UG) Business Economics Syllabus is available for review from the link below. The CUET (UG) 2025 Business Economics syllabus defines and describes each unit covered on the CUET (UG) 2025 Business Economics exam.
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NTA Entrance Exam Business Economics Revised Syllabus
Units and Topics
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Syllabus
1: Introductory Microeconomics [Revision]
NTA Entrance Exam Business Economics Syllabus
1 Introduction to Microeconomics [Revision]
- Branches of Economics
- Microeconomics
- Introduction
- Definition: Microeconomics
- Scope
- Features: Flowchart
- Importance: Flowchart
- Limitations
- Subject Matter of Microeconomics
- Usefulness of Microeconomics
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Microeconomics
- Central Problems of an Economy
- What is produced and in what quantities?
- How are these goods produced?
- For whom are these goods produced?
- Concepts of Production Possibility Frontier
- Introduction
- Example
2 Consumer Behaviour and Demand [Revision]
- Consumer's Equilibrium
- Meaning of Consumer's Equilibrium
- Cardinal Approach (Utility Analysis)
- Introduction
- Key Concepts
- Consumer Equilibrium
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Ordinal Utility Analysis/Indifference Curve Analysis
- Introduction: Ordinal Utility
- Definition: Indifference Curve Analysis
- Origin
- Indifference Schedule
- Indifference Curve
- Indifference Map
- Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS)
- Assumptions
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Concept of Demand
- Introduction
- Meaning
- Definition: Want
- Definitions: Demand
- Formula: Demand
- Features
- Micro View: Individual Demand
- Macro View: Aggregate Demand
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Market Demand
- Determinants of Demand
- Major Determinants of Demand
- Types of Goods and Income Effect
- Relation between Income and Demand
- Relation between Price and Demand for Related Goods
- Key Point Summary
- Demand Schedule
- Introduction
- Types of Demand Schedules
- Key Point Summary
- Demand Curve
- Introduction
- Demand Schedule to Demand Curve
- Application
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Movement along the Demand Curve and Shift of the Demand Curve
- Introduction
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Concept of Elasticity of Demand
- Introduction
- Definition: Elasticity of Demand
- Elasticity Types
- Key Points: Concept of Elasticity of Demand
- Types of Elasticity of Demand > Income Elasticity
- Introduction
- Definition: Income Elasticity
- Formula: Income Elasticity of Demand
- Example
- Types of Income Elasticity of Demand
- Importance
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Income Elasticity
- Methods of Measuring Price Elasticity of Demand
- Total Expenditure Method
- Example: Total Expenditure Method
- Proportionate (Percentage) Method
- Example Table: Proportionate (Percentage) Method
- Point Elasticity Method
- Elasticity at Different Points
- Arc Elasticity Demand
- Example: Arc Elasticity Method
- Revenue Method
- Example: Revenue Method
- Real-Life Applications
- Key Points: Methods of Measuring Price Elasticity of Demand
2: Introductory Macroeconomics [Revision]
NTA Entrance Exam Business Economics Syllabus
3 National Income and Related Aggregates - Basic Concepts and Measurement [Revision]
- Branches of Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Introduction
- Definition: Macroeconomics
- Basic Concepts in Macroeconomics
- Subject Matter of Macroeconomics
- Scope
- Features: Flowchart
- Importance
- Limitations
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Macroeconomics
- Two Sector Model of Circular Flow of National Income
- Introduction
- Two Sector Model
- Formula
- Gross and Net Domestic Product at Market Price
- GDP and NDP at the market price and factor cost
- National Income Aggregates
- Gross National Product at Market Price
- Definition
- Features
- Net National Product (NNP)
- Net National Product (NNP) at Market Prices
- Merits of NNP at Market Prices
- Gross National Product at Market Price
- Circular Flow of Income and Methods of Calculating National Income
- Phases of Circular Flow
- Sectors Involved in Circular Flow
- Types of Circular Flow of Income
- Methods of Measurement of National Income
- Flowchart
- Expenditure Method
- Introduction
- Formula
- Breakdown of GNP Formula
- Classification
- Components
- Precautions
- Difficulties
4 Determination of Income and Employment [Revision]
- Concept of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
- Aggregate Demand and Its Components
- Formula for aggregate demand
- Core Idea
- Planned vs Actual Demand
- Components Table
- Simple Closed Economy
- Key Points: Aggregate Demand and Its Components
- Aggregate Supply and Its Components
- Propensity to Save
- Saving function
- Formula: Average propensity to save
- Formula: Marginal propensity to save
- Relationships between Consumption and Saving Functions
- Deriving Saving Function Graphically
- Important Terms of Employment and Unemployment
- Full Employment
- Categories of Unemployment
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Important Terms of Employment and Unemployment
- The Concept of Full Employment
- Introduction of Full Employment
- Key Concept
- Two Economic Perspectives
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: The Concept of Full Employment
- Basic Concepts of Income and Employment
- Investment Multiplier and Its Mechanism
- Definition: Investment Multiplier
- Formula: Investment Multiplier
- Problems of Excess Demand and Deficient Demand
- Measures to Correct the Excess Demand and Deficient Demand
- Availability of credit
- Change in government spending
5 Money and Banking [Revision]
- Concept of Money
- Introduction
- Definitions: Money
- Legal Definition of Money
- Types of Money Under the Legal Definition
- Functional Definition of Money
- Features: Flowchart
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Concept of Money
- Functions of Money
- Invention of Money
- Definition: Money
- David Kinley (1861–1944)
- Primary Functions
- Secondary Functions
- Contingent Functions
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Functions of Money
- Evolution of Money
- Introduction
- Flowchart
- Central Bank
- Introduction
- Definitions: Central Bank
- Functions of the Central Bank
- Evolution of Central Banking
- Need for a Central Bank
- Importance in Developing Economies
- Key Points: Central Bank
- Function of Central Bank - Bank of Issue
- Central Bank Function - Goverment Bank
- Central Bank Function - Banker's Bank
- Central Bank as a Controller of Credit
- Monetary Policy
- RBI as Controller of Credit
- RBI Governor
- Objectives of Credit Control
- Key Points: Central Bank as a Controller of Credit
- Structure of Money Market in India > Organized Sector
- Commercial Banks
- Introduction
- Definitions: Commercial Bank
- Historical Background of Banking in India
- Reasons for Bank Nationalisation
- Classification of Commercial Banks in India < Public Sector Banks
- Classification of Commercial Banks in India < State Bank of India
- Classification of Commercial Banks in India < Regional Rural Banks
- Classification of Commercial Banks in India < Private Sector Banks
- Classification of Commercial Banks in India < Foreign Banks
- Key Points: Commercial Banks
- Commercial Banks
6 Government Budget and the Economy [Revision]
- Government Budget
- Introduction
- Meaning
- Components (Structure) of the Government Budget
- Revenue Budget
- Capital Budget
- Objectives of Government Budget
- Allocation Function of Government Budget
- Redistribution Function of Government Budget
- Stabilisation Function of Government Budget
- Classification of Budget Receipts
- Revenue Receipts
- Capital Receipts
- Components of Budgetary Receipts
- Classification of Expenditure
- Revenue expenditure
- Capital expenditure
- Types of Budget
- Measures of Government Deficit
- Revenue Deficit
- Fiscal Deficit
- Primary Deficit
7 Balance of Payments [Revision]
- Foreign Exchange Rate
- Demand for Foreign Exchange
- Supply of Foreign Exchange
- Determination of the Exchange Rate
- Flexible Exchange Rate
- Speculation
- Interest Rates and the Exchange Rate
- Income and the Exchange Rate
- Exchange Rates in the Long Run
- Fixed Exchange Rates
- Merits and Demerits of Flexible and Fixed Exchange Rate Systems
- Concept of Balance of Payments
- Introduction
- Definitions: Balance of Payments
- Important Points in the Definition
- Nobel Prize in Economics — 1977
- Structure of Balance of Payments
- Recording of Transactions in the BOP
- BOP is Wider than Balance of Trade
- Two Main Accounts of BOP
- Current Account
- Introduction
- Components
- Balance on Current Account
- Capital Account
- Introduction
- Components
- Balance on Capital Account
- Balance of Payments Surplus and Deficit
- Autonomous and Accommodating Transactions
- Errors and Omissions
- Exchange Rate Issues
- A brief analysis of recent exchange rate issues
3: Indian Economic Development [Revision]
NTA Entrance Exam Business Economics Syllabus
8 Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991 [Revision]
9 Current Challenges Facing the Indian Economy [Revision]
- Concept of Poverty in India
- Introduction
- Cycle of Poverty
- Historical Background
- Meaning of Poverty
- Key Point Summary
- Who Are the Poor?
- Absolute and Relative Poverty
- Identification of Poor People
- Categorising Poverty
- always poor
- usually poor
- chronic poor
- churning poor
- occasionally poor
- transient poor
- non-poor
- The Poverty Line
- The Number of Poor in India
- Causes of Poverty
- Flowchart
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Poverty Alleviation Programmes and Their Target Sectors
- Poverty Alleviation Programs
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
- Introduction
- Features
- NABARD's Funding Process
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Introduction to Employment - Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues
- Employment - Informalisation
- Formal and informal Sector
- Employment - Workforce
- Relevance of Infrastructure
- The State of Infrastructure in India
- Energy
- Sources of Energy
- Non-conventional Sources of Energy
- Consumption Pattern of Commercial Energy
- Power/Electricity
- Some Challenges in the Power Sector
- Kinetic energy
- Work–Kinetic Energy Theorem
- Relation between Momentum and Kinetic Energy
- Potential Energy
- Potential energy near the surface of the Earth
- Elastic Potential Energy
- Conservative and non-conservative forces
- Law of conservation of energy
- Motion in a vertical circle
- Health
- State of Health Infrastructure
- Private Sector Health Infrastructure
- Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM)
- Indicators of Health and Health Infrastructure - A Critical Appraisal
- Urban-Rural and Poor-Rich Divide
- Women’s Health
- Health: Problems and Policies - A critical assessment
- Introduction to Environment and Sustainable Development
- Environment - Definition and Functions
- Meaning, Effects of Economic Development on Resources and Environment, including global warming
10 Development Experience of India [Revision]
- Introduction to Comparative Development Experiences of India and Its Neighbours
