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MA Economics (SSS): Jawaharlal Nehru
UniversityPosted onMarch 10, 2010byRiju BafnaMA Economics (SSS):
Jawaharlal Nehru University
JNU has two schools that offer post graduation in Economics:
School of Social Sciences (SSS)and School of International Studies
(SIS). SSS has MA in Economics which is open to studentsfrom all
streams. However, only graduates in Economics are eligible to apply
for MA Economicswith specialization in World Economicy offered by
SIS.
SSS (MA Economics)
To crack JNU entrance, solving past years is extremely
important. They essentially have thesame trend of questions being
followed over years. If you are preparing for ISI and DSEentrances,
clearing JNU may not be that challenging. SSS entrance tests on
basics and do notreally focus on any sophisticated problems like
ISI and DSE. Last year SSS entrance hadobjective as well as
subjective questions.
Mathematics and Statistics part may be done from past years
only. They have questions onprobability, index numbers,
Correlation, Mean, Variance, Coefficient of Variation, quantiles
andother such topics from basic statistics (be clear with the
properties of all the topics). Mysuggestion will be to go through
DU Economics first year course on Statistical Methods for
Economics. In mathematics, cover topics like AP, GP, HP,
Compound Interest, findingmaxima and minima, basics about functions
like finding inverse of a function, go through theproperties of
logarithmic and exponential functions etc.
For Microeconomics, utility maximisation, cost functions and
various market setups (perfectcompetition, monopoly, oligopoly)
shall be done properly (I fathom that one of the favouritequestion
of JNU is to find equilibrium in perfectly competitive market given
a cost function).Know the basics like what is Production
Possibility frontier, what happens to MC or AC or someutility
function at optimum, price elasticity of demand etc.
NIA used to be one of the favourite topics of SSS. But, last
year they did not ask as many
questions on NIA as earlier which was quite surprising! However,
to be on safe side, go throughthe basics of NIA from 12th class
NCERT. Do first few chapters of NIA from Dornbusch andFischer. They
are necessary. You can also go through NIA chapter in International
Economics byPaul Krugman. They usually ask atleast one question on
National Income identity. Also knowwhat appreciation, depreciation
and terms of trade like terms are. Questions on IS-LM (goodsmarket
equilibrium and money market equilibrium), money multiplier are
equally expected.
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Lastly, for the social awareness questions, you need to know
what poverty line in India is (theymay ask what is the poverty
ration suggested by Tendulkar Committee!), trend in labour share
indifferent sectors, sex ratio, Five year plans etc. I believe for
this section, it is important to beupdated with current affairs
through newspapers. Last year they had asked to write an essay
aswell. Financial crisis and Lewis model were one of the five
topics on which the student could
write on. This time as well they may give topics like Financial
Inclusion, Keynesian Economics,something related to New Economic
Policy etc.
An entry on MA Economics with specialization in World Economy
offered by SIS shall follow!
P.S: Past year papers can be obtained directly from JNU while
applying for the course. They arealso available at DSE photocopy
shop.
For information regarding eligibility criteria, syllabus etc.,
seehere.
For any query/comments regarding MA Economics offered by SSS,
post your comments on this
blog entry. For queries in other entrances (JNU:SIS,ISI,DSE),
put your comments in therespective blog entry. Please note that the
comments are approved before being posted on thewebsite so please
dont post your comments multiple times. Questions that have been
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approved.
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