4EE11 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Unit-1

India:

Brief history of Indian Constitution, farming features, fundamental rights, duties,

directive principles of state. History of Indian National Movement, socio economic growth

after independence.

Unit-2

Society:

Social groups- concept and types, socialization- concept and theory, social control:

concept, social problem in contemporary India, status and role.

Unit-3

The Fundamentals of Economics:

meaning, definition and importance of economics, Logic

of choice, central economic problems, positive and normative approaches, economic systems-

socialism and capitalism.

Unit-4

Microeconomics:

Law of demand supply, utility approach, indifference curves, elasticity of

demand and supply and applications, consumer surplus, Law of returns to factors and returns

to scale.

Unit-5

Macroeconomics:

concepts relating to National product – National income and its

measurement, Simple Keynesian theory, simple multiplier, money and banking. Meaning,

concept of international trade, determination of exchange rate, Balance of payments