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Indian Economy: SSC CGL Economics
Indian Economy has 92 questions in the SSC CGL Tier I bank: 25 from the 2023 shifts, 27 from the 2024 shifts and 40 from the 2025 shifts. Thirty-nine of them are on the Five-Year Plans, and most of those name a plan and ask its model, slogan or scheme. The rest ask about trade and the 1991 crisis, and about the Green Revolution and the schemes for farmers. Each page gives the table to learn, with the swapped detail SSC uses as a decoy.
The handout has every subtopic, worked example, formula and trap with answers shown. The formula sheet is the chapter’s formulas and traps alone, on one page.
Subtopic notes
Five-Year Plans and Indian Planning
39 PYQsEach Five-Year Plan with its years, model, slogan and the schemes it started, the breaks between plans, and the Planning Commission and the ideas behind early planning.
International Trade and the 1991 Crisis
27 PYQsTerms of trade, devaluation and the foreign exchange laws, India's trade agreements and the WTO, and the 1991 balance of payments crisis that led to the reforms.
Green Revolution and Farm Schemes
26 PYQsWhat the Green Revolution was, who gained from it and what it cost, the second Green Revolution and the White Revolution, and the central schemes for farmers with their figures.
Formula & revision sheet
0 formulas · 8 reference tables · 8 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet
Formula & revision sheet
0 formulas · 8 reference tables · 8 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet
Reference tables (3)
Watch out for (3)
- No plan was Keynesian→ The First and Second Plans
- The Plan Holiday is 1966-69→ The Third Plan to the Eighth, and the breaks
- The Commission is 1950, not 1947→ The Planning Commission and early ideas
Reference tables (3)
Watch out for (3)
- The surplus did not build India→ Trade terms and exchange rates
- SAFTA admits no reservations→ Trade agreements, schemes and the WTO
- Low cost, high skill→ The 1991 crisis and globalisation
Reference tables (2)
The Green Revolution4 rows
Watch out for (2)
- The second revolution is eastern, not southern→ The Green Revolution
- A pension is not an income transfer→ Central schemes for farmers
PYQ weightage by concept
8 concepts · 92 PYQs — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first
PYQ weightage by concept
8 concepts · 92 PYQs — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first
| Concept | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| The First and Second Plans | 16 | 17% |
| The Third Plan to the Eighth, and the breaks | 14 | 15% |
| The Planning Commission and early ideas | 9 | 10% |
| Concept | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trade agreements, schemes and the WTO | 11 | 12% |
| Trade terms and exchange rates | 8 | 9% |
| The 1991 crisis and globalisation | 8 | 9% |
| Concept | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| The Green Revolution | 14 | 15% |
| Central schemes for farmers | 12 | 13% |
Test yourself on Indian Economy
20 past SSC CGL questions from this chapter, timed at 12 minutes and marked the way the exam marks it. You see your score and every answer the moment you finish. Free to start.