NCERT MCQ ON Employment: Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues:
Question1 : The formula to calculate workforce participation ratio is:
(a) (workforce /Total population) X 100 Telegram: @commmmerce12
(b) (Number of unemployed persons/Labour force) X 100
(c) Workforce+ number of people who are willing to work but are unemployed
(d) (workforce/ labour force) X 100
Answer : C
Question2 : Work force refers to that part of
(a) Labour force which is employed
(b) Population which is unemployed
(c) Population which is forced to work
(d) Labour force which is when employed
Answer : A
Question 3: Workers who are on permanent pay-roll of their employer are called:
(a) Self- employed workers
(b) Casual workers
(c) Regular workers
(d) None of the above
Answer : C
Question4 : ____________ unemployment may result some workers are temporarily out of work while hanging job.
(a) Cyclical
(b) Voluntary
(c) Fictional
(d) Seasonal
Answer : C
Question5 : Men get opportunity to work in:
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Service sector
(d) Both (a) and (c)
Answer : D
Question6 : Sum total of final goods and services produced in domestic territory of an economy during a year is called __________.
(a) GDP
(b) NDP
(c) NNP
(d) GNP
Answer : A
Question7 : Agriculture labourers, farmers, owners of small enterprise which emply less than 20 workers fall in the category of :
(a) Formal sector
(b) Informal sector
(c) Casual workers
(d) Regular workers
Answer : B
Question8 : __________ is a common form of unemployment in rural India.
(a) Disguised unemployment
(b) Structural unemployment
(c) Educated unemployment
(d) None of these
Answer : A
Question9 : Due to the recent efforts of which international body the Indian government, initiated the modernization of informal sector?
(a) World Bank
(b) WTO
(c) International Labour Organisation
(d) G-20
Answer : C
Question10 : Find the odd one out.
(a) A private school teacher in a school with only 25 teachers
(b) A nurse in a government hospital
(c) Cycle-rickshaw puller
(d) A civil engineer working in a construction company which has 10 workers
Answer : C
Question11 : Unemployment common in urban areas
(a) Seasonal unemployment
(b) Disguised unemployment
(c) Open unemployment
(d) None of these
Answer : C
Question12 : Measure of reduce unemployment in very short period of time
(a) Reducing growth rate of population
(b) Reducing inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth
(c) Increasing investment in private and public sectors
(d) None of these
Answer : C
Question13 : Unemployment is defined as:
(a) The section of the population that is not capable of being employed
(b) The section of population willing to work but unable to find employment
(c) The section of population that is waiting to be employed
(d) The section of population that are without the skills needed by employers
Answer : B
Question14 : Most of the unemployment in India is
(a) Voluntary
(b) Structural
(c) Frictional
(d) Technical
Answer : B
Question15 : Data on unemployment in India can be obtained from which source?
(a) Reports of Census of India
(b) National sample survey organisation(NSSO)
(c) Directorate general of employment
(d) All the above
Answer : D
Question16 : Those who work in their own establishment using their own resources are called _______.
(a) Hired workers
(b) Casual workers
(c) Regular workers
(d) Self-employed
Answer : D
Question17 : About ___________ of the total population in the country is engaged in various economic activities.
(a) Three-fifth
(b) Four-fifth
(c) Two-fifth
(d) None of the above
Answer : C
Question 18: When more persons are working in a job than actually required, it is known as ________.
(a) Disguised unemployment
(b) Seasonal unemployment
(c) Educated unemployment
(d) Open unemployment
Answer : A
Question 19: The newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the _____________ sector.
(a) Service
(b) Manufacturing
(c) Agriculture
(d) None of the above
Answer : A
Question 20: Electricity, gas and water supply belong to ___________ sector.
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) All the above
Answer : B
Question21 : After the workers lost their jobs in 1980’s, which city experienced an economy recession and communal riots?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Bombay
(c) Allahabad
(d) Bangalore
Answer : A
Question22 : An establishment with four hired workers is known as _____________ sector establishment.
(a) Formal
(b) Informal
(c) (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Answer : B
Question 23: The newly emerging jobs are found mostly in ___________ sector.
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Primary
(c) Service
(d) None of these
Answer : C
Question24 : When due to introduction of new machinery, some workers tend to be replaced by machines, their unemployment is termed as
(a) Structural
(b) Technological
(c) Mechanical
(d) Seasonal
Answer : B
Question25 : Formal sector includes all those enterprises which employ
(a) More than 10 workers
(b) 10 workers
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Answer : C
Question26 : Unemployed person is one who is not able to get employment of even one hour in half a day.
This definition is given by:
(a) Economists
(b) National Sample Survey Organisation
(c) Census of India
(d) Directorate general of Employment and Training
Answer : A
Question 27: Unemployment is a situation in which all those who, owing to lack of work, are not working but either seek work though employment exchanges, intermediaries, friends or relatives or by making applications to prospective employers or express their willingness or availability for work under the prevailing condition of work and remunerations. This definition is given by:
(a) Economists
(b) National Sample Survey Organisation
(c) Census of India
(d) Directorate general of Employment and Training
Answer : B
Question28 : Find the odd man out:
(a) A clerk in the electricity office
(b) Computer operator in the state government office working on a temporary basis
(c) Worker in a hotel which has seven hired workers and three family workers.
Answer : C
Question 29: Which of the following is working in the informal sector?
(a) A private school teacher In a school which has 25 teachers.
(b) The owner of a textile shop employing nine workers.
(c) Driver of a bus company which has more than 10 buses with 20 drivers, conductors and others workers.
(d) Civil engineer working in a construction company which has 10 workers.
Answer : B
Question30 : ___________ is a major source of livelihood for both men and women as this category accounts for more than 50 per cent of India’s workforce.
(a) Self-employment
(b) Casual wage labour
(c) Regular salaried employment
(d) None of these
Answer : Self-employment
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