You can crack the entrance exam for a master’s in Economics with consistency and a daily study routine. Initially, try to get a fair idea about the exam by referring to the syllabus and the previous year’s question papers. The syllabus followed in the entrance examination for economics is given below

1. Microeconomics deals with Demand Curves, Price and Income Elasticity of Demand, Cost Curves, and Equilibrium of firms under Perfect Competition and Monopoly
2. Macroeconomics – focus on the National Income Theory of Income Determination, Monetary Policy, Trade, and Balance of Payments
3. Descriptive statistics - This topic includes Mean, Median and Mode, and Standard Deviation. The correlation coefficient, and elementary probability theory
4. Problems of Economic History, Underdevelopment, and Growth
   1. India's Economic Development Prior to Independence- India's Planning and Development Experience Since Independence; Basic Indicators of Development.
   2. International Economics Issues of Contemporary Relevance  

Suggested Readings

1. Hal Varian - Intermediate Microeconomics, Rubinfield and Pindyk  - Microeconomics
2. Dornbusch and Fisher - Macroeconomics | Mankiw - Macroeconomics
3. RGD Allen - Mathematical Analysis for Economics
4. AC Chiang - Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics
5. Sydsaeter and Hammond - Mathematics for Economic Analysis
6. Nagar and Das - Basic Statistics

All the best, stay motivated, and focus on your goal