Overview
- The exam was held March 18 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm nationwide, with 80 marks allotted to the written paper.
- The subject carries 100 marks in total, including 20 for internal assessment, and the written section is split evenly between Macroeconomics and Indian Economic Development.
- The paper comprised 34 questions with roughly 20% MCQs, about 50% competency-based items, and the remainder short and long answers.
- Teachers and students described the test as moderate and closely aligned with NCERT, noting easy-to-score numericals and a few concept-testing MCQs.
- Case study questions were widely seen as time-consuming, and students are now awaiting detailed analyses and unofficial keys to gauge probable scores.