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Grade 11 Microeconomics and Grade 12 Macroeconomics, following the CBSE syllabus chapter by chapter, broken into clear, exam-ready guides.

Grade 11 — Unit 1: Introduction

1 chapter

IntroductionEasy

Introduction to Economics

Scarcity, choice, and the three central problems every economy must solve.

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Grade 11 — Unit 2: Consumer's Equilibrium and Demand

3 chapters

Consumer's EquilibriumHard

Consumer's Equilibrium

How a consumer allocates income across goods to reach maximum satisfaction.

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DemandMedium

Demand

The law of demand, its determinants, and the exceptions every CBSE answer must know.

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Elasticity of DemandMedium

Elasticity of Demand

How to measure exactly how responsive quantity demanded is to price, income, and related prices.

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Grade 11 — Unit 3: Producer Behaviour and Supply

5 chapters

Production FunctionMedium

Production Function

The Law of Variable Proportions and how Total, Average, and Marginal Product behave.

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CostMedium

Cost

Fixed, variable, average, and marginal cost — and why short-run cost curves are U-shaped.

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RevenueMedium

Revenue

Total, average, and marginal revenue, and how AR-MR behaviour differs by market structure.

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Producer's EquilibriumMedium

Producer's Equilibrium

The output level at which a firm's profit is maximised, using the MR = MC rule.

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SupplyMedium

Supply

The law of supply, its determinants, and how to measure the elasticity of supply.

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Grade 11 — Unit 4: Forms of Market and Price Determination under Perfect Competition with Simple Applications

2 chapters

Main Market FormsMedium

Main Market Forms

Perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly compared.

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Price DeterminationMedium

Price Determination Under Perfect Competition

How market demand and market supply jointly fix the equilibrium price, and what happens when either curve shifts.

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Grade 12 — Unit 5: National Income and Related Aggregates

4 chapters

Circular Flow of IncomeMedium

Circular Flow of Income

How production, income, and expenditure continuously flow between households and firms.

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Basic Concepts of MacroeconomicsMedium

Basic Concepts of Macroeconomics

The foundational definitions — stock vs. flow, final vs. intermediate goods, and real vs. nominal GDP.

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National Income and Related AggregatesHard

National Income and Related Aggregates

GDP, GNP, NDP, and NNP — and how Personal Income and Disposable Income are derived from them.

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Measurement of National IncomeHard

Measurement of National Income

The Product, Income, and Expenditure methods — and the practical difficulties of measuring national income in India.

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Grade 12 — Unit 6: Money and Banking

2 chapters

MoneyMedium

Money

What money actually does, and how its total supply in the economy is measured.

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Banking: Commercial Banks and the Central BankMedium

Banking: Commercial Banks and the Central Bank

How commercial banks create credit, and how the RBI regulates the money supply.

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Grade 12 — Unit 7: Determination of Income and Employment

3 chapters

Aggregate Demand and Related ConceptsMedium

Aggregate Demand and Related Concepts

Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, the consumption function, and the propensities to consume and save.

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Income Determination and MultiplierHard

Income Determination and Multiplier

How AD and AS jointly fix equilibrium income, and how the investment multiplier magnifies changes in it.

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Excess Demand and Deficient DemandHard

Excess Demand and Deficient Demand

Inflationary and deflationary gaps, and the fiscal and monetary measures used to correct them.

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Grade 12 — Unit 8: Government Budget and the Economy

1 chapter

Government Budget and the EconomyMedium

Government Budget and the Economy

Revenue vs capital receipts/expenditure, and the three key deficit concepts.

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Grade 12 — Unit 9: Balance of Payments

2 chapters

Foreign Exchange RateMedium

Foreign Exchange Rate

How exchange rates are determined under fixed, flexible, and managed float systems.

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Balance of PaymentsMedium

Balance of Payments

Current and capital accounts, and why the overall BoP always balances.

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