ADC/B.Com-II: Past Papers Economic Development of Pakistan

Students are required to attempt any Five questions.

1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
a) Definition of Economic Development
b) Distinction between Economic Growth and Economic Development.
c) Characteristics of a Developing Economy
d) Pre-requisites of Economic Development.

2) RESOURCES OF PAKISTAN AND THEIR ROLE:
a) Natural Resources.
b) Human Resources
c) Capital Resources.

3) AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT:
a) Agricultural Sector and its role
b) Co-operative Farming
c) Agricultural Marketing
d) Agricultural Finance
e) Agricultural Taxation
f) Land-Tenure System and Land Reforms.

4) INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT:
a) Development and Prospects
b) Localization of Industries and Public Investment
c) Large Scale, Small Scale and Cottage Industries
d) Industrial Finance
e) Industrial Policies
f) Land-Tenure System and Land Reforms.

5) FOREIGN TRADE:
a) Main Exports and Imports
b) Volume, Value and Trends in foreign Trade, Balance of Payments. Import Substitution and Export Promotion Strategies
c) Regional and International Organizations – their Role towards developing Economies with Special reference to Pakistan.

6) FOREIGN AID AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE:
Sources, Forms, Cost and benefits of Economic assistance

7) TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION:
Means and their role in the Economic Development of Pakistan.

8) BANKING AND FINANCE:
a) Role of Commercial Banks in Economic Development.
b) Money and Capital Markets and their Instruments.
c) Capital Formulation – Sources and Problems.
d) Role and Functions of State Bank in the economic development of Pakistan.

9) BUDGETING:
a) Sources of Public Revenue and Heads of expenditure,
b) Budget formulation with special reference to Pakistan.
c) Deficit financing.

10) ECONOMIC PLANNING IN PAKISTAN:
a Objective, forms and instruments of Economic Planning with special reference to current plan in Pakistan.