Economics in Pune

The entrance exam would majorly include questions from 4 main economics papers and general knowledge, given below:
1. Statistics: Probability, Averages and Dispersion
2. Microeconomics: Different productions and cost functions with emphasis on their minimization exercise and profit maximization problems, different forms of competition encompassing perfect competition, monopoly, basic theory of general equilibrium
3. Macroeconomics: Basic knowledge of average graduation level should be sufficient. Emphasis on growth models
4. Mathematical Economics: Series, sequences, functions and relations, sets, basic calculus such as integration and differentiation. Incorporate notions of implications, quantifiers etc. In Logic. General Knowledge:
Preliminary knowledge of national and international economy and regular surfing of newspapers will be enough. I can also suggest you:-
Identify the weightage of each sections and sub-sections and allocate the time keeping your strengths in mind. Invest sufficient time in improving, strengthening your vocabulary and reading skills from the beginning. Having good command in Vocabulary and Grammar will help you score more marks in less time.
Hope this helps.

Hi,
To get admission in MA Economics at Gokhale Institute, Pune, you first need to complete your BA Economics syllabus and you can't prepare from a single book because the syllabus is very vast, it's the summary of everything you have studied in the 3 years of BA. Economics is one of the toughest subjects. You need to be focused for it. Generally, people go for special coaching class to crack MA Economics entrance.
Its entrance examination has 3 sections:
Section A: Aptitude in mathematics and statistics, this section is of 30 marks.
Section B: Analytical Ability and Reasoning, this section is of 20 marks.
Section C-Economics (undergraduate level), this section is of 50 marks.
*The question paper consists of 100 multiple choice questions.
*Duration of the entrance test is 2 hours.
* There are four options for each question and candidate have to give the one answer out of the four options.
*There is negative marking in this entrance exam and for every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted automatically.
All the best.