BECE-141 · December 2024 · English
IGNOU BECE-141 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper
ECONOMICS OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION
Structured previous year question paper for BECE-141, December 2024 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 12 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ECONOMICS
(BAECH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2024
BECE-141 : ECONOMICS OF HEALTH AND
EDUCATION
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note: Answer the questions as per instructions
given in each Section.
Section—A
Note : Answer any two questions from this Section
in about 500 words each. 2x20=40
Q1.Define the concept of human capital formation. Also bring out the relationship among ‘income, health and healthcare expenditure’.
Q2.Derive the average and marginal cost function for healthcare services.
Q3.Outline the arguments for the ‘role of state in educational investment’.
Q4.Discuss the various Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models in educational financing.
Section—B
Note : Answer any four questions from this Section
in about 350 words each. 4x12=48
Q5.What is Human Development Index ? How is it prepared ? Also examine its limitations.
Q6.Discuss the salient features of healthcare market. Specify the conditions for the utility maximisation of healthcare services.
Q7.Discuss the methods for selecting the participants of an Impact Evaluation Experiment.
Q8.Outline the factors that result in ‘market failure’ in health insurance. What measures will you suggest to overcome these factors ?
Q9.In which respect, India’s literacy levels differ most, when compared to that in developed countries ?
Q10.Specify the steps involved in the measurement of ‘health inequity’.
Q11.Discuss the various Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models in general and the initiatives taken in the financing of education programmes through the PPP modes in India in particular.
Section—C
Q12.Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100-150 words each : 2x6=12
(a) NEP, 2020
(b) Deductible
(c) Concentration Index
(d) Fuzzy Demand (PPP) vires at sat wife 4x12=48