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    How To Prepare Economics Optional For WBCS Main Exam – Economics Book List

    Indian Economy and Economics is considered as the significant part of the WBCS Exam. It is a relevant subject for WBCS Prelims Exam as well as rather for Main and Interview too.Economics is considered as a tough optional compared to other optional subject. If the aspirant is a graduate in Economics, then all that you need to cover the concepts and theories first. After that aspirants have to work on current affairs, additionally to give a final touch as per the WBCS  Exam syllabus.Continue Reading How To Prepare Economics Optional For WBCS Main Exam – Economics Book List.

    WBCS ECONOMICS OPTIONAL PREPARATION STRATEGY

    Method of studying Economics for WBCS examination can be boiled down to a three step phenomenon

    Stage – 1

    Concentrate on understanding and concepts of whatever you are reading whether it be theorems or some models in lieu to the WBCS syllabus.Just ensure you finish the syllabus once appropriately.

    Stage – 2

    This stage comes after when you finished the WBCS syllabus once and you know the broad understanding of the Economics. This time it will take less time to understand all the stuff and most of it seems familiar. At the end of this stage, we would still not be able to even understand half the questions in the paper. Don’t worry about that because we are getting to the final state where you will be able do all that.

    Stage-3/Final Stage

    The questions in Economics are not direct they will be indirect and most of the times you won’t be able to guess that which theorem or which model to apply. So, the aim of this stage is to identify that which model to apply.

    Get some previous years’ question papers and analyse and discuss with other on what model to apply for a particular question. It is always good to have friends to discuss the same problem and you will get to know that which model suits better there. Group study will definitely help you and don’t’ forget to revise the syllabus again

    How to start preparing for diagrams

    Diagrams are of utmost importance in WBCS examination, they will help you memorize better and present your answers in incorporated form. WBCS economics is completely non-mathematical and totally diagrammatical. While reading any model/theorem, we should simultaneously practice its diagram on paper. So, you should know all the graphs and all the microeconomics things that will help you in making better graphs and diagrams.

    Answer writing approach in economics for WBCS examination

    Use of diagrams is highly recommended: It might not be possible to put graphs in every question but do give your best at attempting things through graphs.

    Preciseness and Exactitude are vital: Economics is a technical subject with a vocabulary of its own. Being an economist you cannot hence afford to use words loosely. Your answer should reflect your absolute clarity over technical economic terms and facts, therefore, do use the jargon.

    Crisp and To the point content: Be logical because economics is a close to deductive as any social science can get. Make sure you get the premises right and place arguments in such a way that the conclusion fits.

    Book List : Books On Economics For WBCS MAINS Exam Are As Follows:

    1. An Introduction to Economics – A.W. Stonier and D.C. Hauge (Click here to purchase from Amazon).
    2. Monetary Theory and Public Policy –  Kenneth Kurihara (Click here to purchase from Amazon)
    3. Outline of Monetary Economics – A.C.L. Day(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

    4. Public Finance – H.L. Bhatia
    5. Indian Economy – Mishra and Puri(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

    6. Macro Economic Analysis – Edward Shepiro(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

    7. Indian Economy – R. Dutt and KPM Sundaram
    8. Economic Growth and Development – Mayer and Baldwin
    9. Public Finance(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

    10. International Economics – Bo Soderston
    11. National Income Accounting – Neetu Sharma(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

    12. Economics Choice – Koutsweanik
    13. Banking – S.B. Gupta(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

    14. International Trade – Bo Soderston
    15. The Economic Times and Economical and Political Weekly.
    16. Dictionary of Economics – Ghaham Bannock; T.E. Baxter, Ray Rees (Penguin)(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

    17. Economics (Read Relevant Chapters) – Paul A. Samuelson (Click here to purchase from Amazon)

    18. The Hindu: Survey of Agriculture & Survey of Industry

    W.B.C.S. Main Examination 2019 Optional Economics Question Paper I And II Download

    W.B.C.S. Main Examination Economics Optional Syllabus

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    1 Comment

    1. Joy Saha says:

      does one have to read all these 18 books for economics optional? or selective chapters are needed to be read?
      is it good for a non-economic background candidate to choose economics optional if he has special interest?

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