Can any buddy here please provide me the syllabus of Delhi School of Economics (DSE) M.A. (Economics) Entrance Exam??? Also suggest me some of the good books for the preparation of same???

Here is the syllabus of Delhi School of Economics (DSE) M.A. (Economics) Entrance Exam

DU DSE M.A. (Economics) Entrance Test --

There will be two types of question papers for the admission-cum-scholarship test termed as Option A and Option B. Candidates are free to choose any one option.

Option A syllabus

Candidates are expected to be familiar with the material contained in the current B.A. (Honours) Economics programme of the University of Delhi.

The Entrance Examination will test the candidates’ ability to understand and apply concepts in four basic areas in Economics:
(a) microeconomic theory,
(b) macroeconomic theory,
(c) mathematical techniques used by economists, and
(d) probability and statistics.

Apart from these, some general questions testing the reasoning and quantitative ability of the students may also be asked.

Some of the references that may be used to prepare for the examination are:

Chiang, A.C, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics, McGraw- Hill.
Dornbusch, R., and S. Fischer, Macroeconomics, McGraw-Hill
Mankiw, N.G., Macroeconomics, Macmillan
Nagar, A.L., and Das R.K., Basic Statistics, Oxford University Press.
Pindyck, Robert S. and Rubinfeld, Daniel L. Microeconomics, 5th ed., Prentice- Hall.
Sydsaeter, K. and Hammond, P. J. Mathematics for Economic Analysis, Pearson Education.
Varian, H. Intermediate Microeconomics, 2nd ed., Norton & Co.

Option B syllabus

Candidates choosing Option B are expected to be prepared in Mathematics and Statistics at a level indicated by the following references:

Bartle, R.G., The Elements of Real Analysis, Wiley
Coddington, E.A. and N. Levinson, Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations, McGraw-Hill
Feller, W., An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications, Wiley
Finkbeiner, D.T., Introduction to Matrices and Linear Transformations, W.H. Freeman and Co. (reprinted in India by D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co.)
Hoffman, K. and R. Kunze, Linear Algebra, Prentice-Hall
Hogg, C and Craig, A.T., Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, Prentice-Hall
Rudin, W., Principles of Mathematical Analysis, McGraw-Hill

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