BECE-141 · June 2025 · English

IGNOU BECE-141 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper

ECONOMICS OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION

Structured previous year question paper for BECE-141, June 2025 session.

Max marks: 100 · Questions: 12 · Sections: 3

Verified: 5 Aug 2026

B. A. (HONS.) ECONOMICS

(BAECH)

Term-End Examination

June, 2025

BECE-141 : ECONOMICS OF HEALTH AND

EDUCATION

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Answer questions from all the Sections as

per instructions.

Section—A

Note: Answer any two questions from this

Section in about 600 words each.

2x20=40

Q1.Derive the growth equation for ‘per capita output’. Specify the conditions under which higher per capita output can be realized.

Q2.Discuss the consequences of monopsony power in the input market of healthcare sector.

Q3.State the assumptions of Solow Growth Model. Show that 'Growth of Capital per unit of Labour’ in the long-run, is exogeneous.

Q4.Explain how the PPP models work in the financing of educational programmes. Also, analyze the trends in the public financing of education in India over the period 1980-2012.

Section—B

Note: Answer any four questions from this

Section in about 350 words each.

4x12=48

Q5.Explore the causality between Health and Poverty.

Q6.Delineate the four characteristics of healthcare services.

Q7.Distinguish between ‘Economies of Scale’ and 'Economy of Scope’ in the context of market for supply of healthcare services.

Q8.Define the concept of Health Insurance.

Q9.Outline the concept of ‘Universal Healthcare’.

Q10.State the steps involved in the measurement of ‘health inequity’.

Q11.With the help of a graph, explain the concept of ‘Social demand for education’.

Section—C

Note: Write short notes on any two of the

following in about 100-150 words

each. 2x6=12

Q12.(a) Net Enrolment Ratio

(b) Coefficient of Efficiency

(c) Human Capital

(d) Rate of Returns Approach