Bihar Board Class 10 · Social Science · Matric exam 2027
Chapter 2: State and National Income
This chapter’s questions from Bihar Board (BSEB)’s real papers of 2016–2026 — the 7 asked most often, 3 with the full model answer, 4 with how the answer begins — and objective questions with the board’s key.
- marks a year (about)
- 2
- questions a year (about)
- 3
- rank in Social Science
- #20
From 6 years of papers, 2021–2026 · full chapter-wise marks
VVI questions — the ones the board asked most (7)
- Q1Short answer2 marksAsked: 2022
What is the difference between per capita income and national income ?
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Model answer · per capita income vs national income
- 1.National Income: National Income is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced in a country during a period of one year.1 mark
- 2.Per Capita Income: Per Capita Income is the average income obtained by dividing the total national income of a country by its total population.1 mark
- Begin the first line with the term 'National Income' and write the exact definition given in the book.
- Begin the second line with the term 'Per Capita Income' and write the exact definition given in the book.
- Write each definition as a single sentence without mixing the two terms together.
Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme
- Q2Short answer2 marksAsked: 2022
What is the difference between per capita income and national income ?
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Model answer · per capita income vs national income
- 1.National Income is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced in a country during a period of one year.1 mark
- 2.Per Capita Income is the average income obtained by dividing the total national income of a country by its total population.1 mark
- Write 'National Income' exactly as a term in the first paragraph, defining it as total monetary value of goods and services produced in one year.
- In the second paragraph, write 'Per Capita Income' as the average income found by dividing total national income by total population.
- Write the two points as separate paragraphs, not combined into one sentence.
Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme
- Q3Short answer2 marksAsked: 2025
What do you understand by double counting ?
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Model answer · double counting, national income
- 1.Double counting means counting the value of a product more than once while estimating National Income. Because of this double counting, income appears to be more than actual income.1 mark
- 2.This problem of double counting arises when the value of intermediate goods is repeatedly added to the value of the final product at different stages of production, instead of counting the value of the final product only once, leading to a misleading estimate of National Income.1 mark
- Write the exact phrase 'double counting' in your first line.
- Use the terms 'intermediate goods' and 'final product' together in the second line.
- Mention that income appears more than actual income due to this problem.
Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme
- Q4Short answer2 marksAsked: 2026
Define per capita income.
How the model answer begins
1. Per Capita Income is the quotient remaining after dividing total income by population.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am → - Q5Short answer2 marksAsked: 2026
What is meant by double counting?
How the model answer begins
1. Double counting is the process of counting the value of a good more than once.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am → - Q6Short answer2 marksAsked: 2026
What do you understand by Net National Product ?
How the model answer begins
1. Net National Product is the amount obtained by subtracting depreciation from Gross National Product. The cost to replace capital goods used up through normal wear and tear, obsolescence and accidental destruction is…
The full answer from Medha Ma’am → - Q7Short answer2 marksAsked: 2021
What do you mean by per capita income ?
How the model answer begins
1. Per Capita Income is the quotient remaining after dividing total income by population. It means the National Income of a country is divided by its Total Population to find out how much income, on an average, is…
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Objective questions with the board’s key (10)
- 1. Bihar Board 2026
Expenditure on depreciation and repair of capital is included in which of the following ?
- (A) Net Domestic Product
- (B) Net National Product
- (C) Gross National Product ✓
- (D) None of these
Answer: (C)
- 2. Bihar Board 2026
Who tried to calculate national income before independence ?
- (A) M. S. Swaminathan
- (B) K. C. Pant
- (C) Dadabhai Naoroji ✓
- (D) Prof. Keynes
Answer: (C)
- 3. Bihar Board 2026
The problem of double counting is related to which of the following ?
- (A) Barter system
- (B) Per capita income
- (C) National income ✓
- (D) Consumption expenditure
Answer: (C)
- 4. Bihar Board 2026
Which sector has the largest contribution to India's National Income ?
- (A) Agriculture Sector
- (B) Industrial sector
- (C) Service sector ✓
- (D) All of these
Answer: (C)
- 5. Bihar Board 2026
Which Committee was formed in 1949 under the Chairmanship of Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis ?
- (A) National Saving Committee
- (B) National Development Committee
- (C) National Income Committee ✓
- (D) Central Statistical Committee
Answer: (C)
- 6. Bihar Board 2026
What is the value of all goods and services produced within the boundaries of a country over a period of one year called ?
- (A) Gross Domestic Product ✓
- (B) Gross National Product
- (C) Net National Product
- (D) Per Capita Income
Answer: (A)
- 7. Bihar Board 2025
National income in India is calculated by which of the following ?
- (A) Central statistical office ✓
- (B) Planning Commission
- (C) NITI Aayog
- (D) National Development Council
Answer: (A)
- 8. Bihar Board 2025
Which of the following does not include the value of depreciation?
- (A) GDP
- (B) GNP
- (C) NNP ✓
- (D) All of these
Answer: (C)
- 9. Bihar Board 2025
Which of the following includes the values of depreciation?
- (A) NDP
- (B) NNP
- (C) GDP ✓
- (D) All of these
Answer: (C)
- 10. Bihar Board 2025
Who was the Chairman of the National Income Committee constituted by the Government of India in 1949?
- (A) P. C. Mahalanobis ✓
- (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
- (C) M. S. Swaminathan
- (D) Simon Kuznets
Answer: (A)
Questions parents and students ask
- How many marks does "State and National Income" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 Social Science?
- In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 2 marks and about 3 questions a year; by marks it ranks 20 in Social Science.
- Which are the most important (VVI) questions of "State and National Income"?
- The 7 questions above are from the board’s real papers, each with the years it was asked; the most-asked come first with their full model answers. All 7 written questions of this chapter, with answers, are in the AskMedha app.
- Do the answers follow the board’s marking scheme?
- BSEB does not publish a marking scheme. Each answer is written point by point on a structure derived from past papers and checked by a second, independent model; it is never called the board’s official scheme.
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