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Human capital is _… (Class 12 Economics SQP 2025-26, Q20)

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EconomicsCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 1 mark · MCQ

CBSE Class 12 Economics sample paper 2025-26: question 20

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section B, question 20, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q20 · 1 mark · MCQHuman Capital Formation in India

Human capital is _________.
(i) intangible in nature
(ii) imperfectly mobile
(iii) inseparable from its owner
(Choose the correct option to fill up the blank)

  1. (A)(i) and (ii)
  2. (B)(i) and (iii)
  3. (C)(ii) and (iii)
  4. (D)(i), (ii) and (iii)

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Can you sell your education separately from yourself?

Hint 2

Can a doctor move to any country freely?

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Human capital (skills, knowledge, health) is intangible, is built into its owner and cannot be separated from him or her, and is not perfectly mobile across countries because of nationality and culture.

  2. All three features hold. Option (D).

    1 mark

Answer: (D) (i), (ii) and (iii)

Where the marks are

  • Human capital: intangible, inseparable, imperfectly mobile (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Human Capital Formation in India, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2025-26: every question, by section.

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