Syllabus for Economics 2027 (COQP10): Information

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Paper Code:	COQP10 - Economics
Exam By:	NTA - National Testing Agency
Marking:	+4 correct, −1 incorrect
Questions in Latest Pattern:	75 questions, all compulsory
Language:	English and Hindi (both)
Type:	All questions are subject-based (only Economics)
Duration:	120 minutes

Exam Pattern - What Changed?

Old pattern (2023-2024) had 100 questions - 25 general + 75 subject. New pattern (2025 and 2026) has only 75 questions, and all 75 are from Economics only. No general section. This is important. When 2027 notification comes, check the number of questions and negative marking again. NTA has changed it before, so do not trust coaching sites blindly.

Syllabus for Economics 2027 (COQP10)

Note:

i. The Question Paper will have 75 questions.

ii. All questions will be based on Subject-Specific Knowledge.

iii. All questions are compulsory.

iv. The Questions will be Bilingual (English/Hindi).

CUET PG Economics Syllabus of Micro Economics:

Consumer Theory or Behavior: Demand, Utility, Indifference Curve, Revealed Preference Theory, Consumer Surplus
Production Theory: Production Function, Law of Variable Proportions, Returns to Scale, Cost Function, types and concepts
Price and Output determination in Market: Perfect and Imperfect Competition (Monopoly, Price Discrimination, Monopolistic, Duopoly and Oligopoly models) General Equilibrium, Efficiency and Welfare: Equilibrium and efficiency under pure exchange and production; overall efficiency and welfare economics, externality

CUET PG Economics Syllabus of Macro Economics:

National Income Accounting
Income and Output Determination: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply, Effective Demand Principle, Classical and Keynesian Theory

CUET PG Economics Syllabus of Money and Inflation:

Demand and Supply of Money, Money Multiplier and High-Powered Money, Credit Creation, Role of Reserve Bank of India and Commercial Banks, Quantitative Theories of Money, Philip’s Curve
Monetary and Fiscal Policy of India and its role.

CUET PG Economics Syllabus of Consumption and Investment Function:

Permanent, Relative and Life Cycle Hypothesis, determinants of business fixed investment; residential investment and inventory investment, Multiplier and Accelerator
Open Economy Models: Mundell and Fleming Model (IS, LM and BP curve) , Balance of Payments, exchange rate determination, Purchasing Power Parity
Economic Growth: Harrod-Domra Model, Solow Model

CUET PG Economics Syllabus of Statistical Methods in Economics:

Mean, Mode, Median, Dispersion, Skewness, Quartile Deviation, Average Deviation, Standard Deviation
Correlation
Simple Regression Model Probability Distribution Sampling

CUET PG Economics Syllabus of Mathematical Methods in Economics:

Sets and Vector
Functions of one and several real variables Single and Multi-variable optimization
Integration of functions
Difference equations
Determinants Matrix
Linear Programming Probability
Differential Equations

CUET PG Economics Syllabus of Indian Economy:

Overview of colonial economy:

Macro Trends: National Income; population; occupational structure.
Agriculture: Agrarian structure and land relations; agricultural markets and institutions – credit, commerce and technology; trends in performance and productivity; famines. Railways and Industry: Railways; the de-industrialization debate; evolution of entrepreneurial and industrial structure; nature of industrialization in the interwar period; constraints to industrial breakthrough; labor relations.
Economy and State in the Imperial Context
The imperial priorities and the Indian economy; drain of wealth; international trade, capital.
Flows and the colonial economy – changes and continuities; government and fiscal policy.
New Economic Policy:
Public Economics: Public and Private Goods, Externalities, Budget, Deficits, Public Debt, Fiscal Federalism in India,
Taxation: its economic effects; dead weight loss and distortion, efficiency and equity considerations, tax incidence, optimal taxation.
International Trade Theories: Adam Smith, Ricardo, Heckscher-Ohlin model and New Trade Theories

Final Checklist Before You Finalize Your Plan

Exam pattern: Check number of questions (75 in 2026) and negative marking in official notice.
Official Links to check: pgcuet.samarth.ac.in and exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-PG