BA (Hons) Economics, Semester I, DSC-1

Introductory Microeconomics

57 answers across 4 recent sittings.

Start with December 2025
answers
57
papers
4
topics ranked
12

Study order

Learn the topics in this order. Each one shows the marks it adds to a 90-mark paper on top of the topics above it, from the 4 current-syllabus papers (2022–23 to December 2025). An OR choice counts once. These papers let you choose which questions to attempt, so the running total stops at 90 once the topics you know can fill a paper.

Learn firsteach adds 9 marks or more

  1. 1
    Tax incidence, deadweight loss and subsidiesQ3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q711 past questions, 3 h 9 m
    adds +15.815.8
  2. 2
    Elasticity of demand and supplyQ2, Q3, Q5, Q611 past questions, 2 h 48 m
    adds +1429.8
  3. 3
    Consumer and producer surplus, tariffs and quotasQ2, Q3, Q5, Q710 past questions, 2 h 42 m
    adds +13.543.2
  4. 4
    Consumer choice: budget line and indifference curvesQ2, Q4, Q610 past questions, 2 h 36 m
    adds +1356.2
  5. 5
    ExternalitiesQ1, Q4, Q5, Q69 past questions, 2 h 27 m
    adds +12.268.5

Subtotal, 5 topics68.5 of 90 marks

Then these3 to 9 marks each

  1. 6
    Economic models, incentives, efficiency and equityQ1, Q5, Q79 past questions, 1 h 42 m
    adds +8.577
  2. 7
    Supply, demand and market equilibriumQ2, Q3, Q79 past questions, 1 h 39 m
    adds +7.284.2
  3. 8
    Public goods and common resourcesQ4, Q5, Q75 past questions, 1 h 21 m
    adds +3.888

Subtotal, 8 topics88 of 90 marks

If time allowsunder 3 marks each

  1. 9
    Scarcity, opportunity cost and the PPFQ1, Q46 past questions, 1 h 30 m
    adds +290

Total, 9 topics90 of 90 marks

Pick one of each pair

The first topic only comes up as the OR choice against the second, so one of the two is enough.

Doing every question in the order once, at exam pace, takes about 19 h 54 m. Averages over past papers, not promises.

Turn it into a day-by-day plan

Not on the ladder not ranked; the reason is against each

Question by question

The topics each question has asked in the 4 current-syllabus papers (2022–23 to December 2025).

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

AskedOnly as the OR choiceNot asked