CBSE Class 11 Commerce Syllabus 2026-27

Part A: Statistics for Economics (40 Marks)

Unit 1: Introduction

• What is Economics?
• Meaning, scope, functions and importance of statistics in Economics

Unit 2: Collection, Organisation and Presentation of Data

• Collection of Data: Primary and Secondary data; Sampling methods; Census of India and NSSO
• Organisation of Data: Variables; Frequency Distribution
• Presentation of Data: Tabular, Bar diagrams, Pie diagrams, Histogram, Polygon, Ogive, Time series graphs

Unit 3: Statistical Tools and Interpretation

• Measures of Central Tendency: Arithmetic mean, Median, Mode
• Correlation: Meaning, scatter diagram, Karl Pearson's method, Spearman's rank correlation
• Index Numbers: Meaning, types (WPI, CPI, IIP), uses, Simple Aggregative Method

Part B: Introductory Microeconomics (40 Marks)

Unit 4: Introduction

• Microeconomics and Macroeconomics; Positive and Normative Economics
• Central problems of an economy; Production Possibility Frontier; Opportunity Cost

Unit 5: Consumer's Equilibrium and Demand

• Consumer's Equilibrium: Utility, Marginal Utility, Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility; Indifference curve analysis
• Demand: Market demand, determinants, demand schedule, curve; Movement and shifts; Price elasticity of demand

Unit 6: Producer Behaviour and Supply

• Production: Short-Run, Long-Run; TP, AP, MP; Returns to a Factor
• Cost: Short-run costs (TC, TFC, TVC; AC, AFC, AVC, MC)
• Revenue: TR, AR, MR
• Producer's Equilibrium: MR-MC approach
• Supply: Market supply, determinants, supply schedule, curve; Movement and shifts; Price elasticity of supply

Unit 7: Forms of Market and Price Determination

• Perfect Competition: Features; Market equilibrium; Effects of shifts in demand and supply
• Simple Applications: Price ceiling and price floor

Literature (Hornbill)

• The Portrait of a Lady
• We're Not Afraid to Die
• Discovering Tut
• Landscape of the Soul
• The Ailing Planet
• The Browning Version
• The Adventure
• Silk Road

Poetry

• A Photograph
• The Laburnum Top
• The Voice of the Rain
• Childhood
• Father to Son

Literature (Snapshots)

• The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
• The Address
• Ranga's Marriage
• Albert Einstein at School
• Mother's Day
• The Ghat of the Only World
• Birth
• The Tale of Melon City

Grammar & Writing

Grammar

• Tenses, Modals, Voice
• Reported Speech
• Clauses, Prepositions

Writing Skills

• Notice Writing
• Letter to the Editor
• Article Writing
• Speech Writing
• Debate Writing
• Report Writing