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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Basic ConceptsUnit 2: Consumption and DemandUnit 3: Production
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: Markets and PricingUnit 5: National Income, Money and Inflation
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 2 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 22 topics
01Unit 1: Basic Concepts
5 टॉपिक+
- Definitions of economics: Adam Smith, Marshall, Robbins
- Micro and macro economics
- Agricultural economics: meaning and scope
- Goods, wants, utility, value and price
- Role of agriculture in economic development
02Unit 2: Consumption and Demand
4 टॉपिक+
- Law of diminishing marginal utility
- Law of equi-marginal utility and consumer surplus
- Law of demand and its exceptions
- Elasticity of demand and its measurement
03Unit 3: Production
5 टॉपिक+
- Factors of production and their rewards
- Production function
- Law of variable proportions
- Total, average and marginal product
- Supply and its determinants
04Unit 4: Markets and Pricing
4 टॉपिक+
- Market structures: perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly
- Price determination
- Price fluctuation of farm products; cobweb theorem
- Minimum support price
05Unit 5: National Income, Money and Inflation
4 टॉपिक+
- National income: GDP, GNP, NNP
- Money and its functions
- Inflation and deflation
- Agriculture in the Indian economy
About this course
आप यह कर पाएँगे
- Explain basic concepts of economics and the scope of agricultural economics
- Apply the laws of utility and demand and calculate price elasticity of demand
- Explain factors of production, the law of variable proportions and calculate marginal product
- Compare market structures such as perfect competition and monopoly and explain agricultural price behaviour
- Explain national income, money, inflation and the role of agriculture in the Indian economy
यह किसके लिए है
- B.Sc (Hons.) Agriculture students of Semester 2 (ICAR 5th Deans' Committee syllabus)
- Students of UP agriculture colleges preparing for semester exams or back papers
- Aspirants revising basics for ICAR / state agriculture exams
आपको क्या चाहिए
- 10+2 in any stream
- Calculator for elasticity and production numericals
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
सवाल
Which syllabus does this course follow?
It follows the ICAR 5th Deans' Committee syllabus of B.Sc (Hons.) Agriculture, Semester 2, used by UP agricultural universities and agriculture colleges.
What if my university syllabus is different?
The centre follows your own university's syllabus and previous papers; units missing here are added for your batch.
Does it help for competitive exams?
Yes - the same topics are asked in ICAR AIEEA PG, JRF, state agriculture officer and banking AFO exams.
