CBSE Class 11 Economics Employment Growth Informalisation and Other Issues MCQs

Question : 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

Question :  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 :  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

Question :  ____________ unemployment may result some workers are temporarily out of work while hanging job.
(a) Cyclical
(b) Voluntary
(c) Fictional
(d) Seasonal

Answer :  C

Question :  Men get opportunity to work in:
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Service sector
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer :  D

Question :  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

Question :  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

Question :  __________ is a common form of unemployment in rural India.
(a) Disguised unemployment
(b) Structural unemployment
(c) Educated unemployment
(d) None of these

Answer :  A

Question :  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

Question :  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

Question :  Unemployment common in urban areas
(a) Seasonal unemployment
(b) Disguised unemployment
(c) Open unemployment
(d) None of these

Answer :  C

Question :  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

Question :  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

Question : Most of the unemployment in India is
(a) Voluntary
(b) Structural
(c) Frictional
(d) Technical

Answer :  B

Question : 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

Question : 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

Question : 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 : 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 : The newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the _____________ sector.
(a) Service
(b) Manufacturing
(c) Agriculture
(d) None of the above

Answer :  A

Question : Electricity, gas and water supply belong to ___________ sector.
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) All the above

Answer :  B

Question : 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

Question : 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 : The newly emerging jobs are found mostly in ___________ sector.
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Primary
(c) Service
(d) None of these

Answer :  C

Question :  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

Question : 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

Question : 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 : 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

Question : 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 : 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

Question : ___________ 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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Question : During 2011-12, India had about __________ The rural workers constitute about__________ of this.
Answer :  473 million; three-fourth

Question : _____________ is the major formal sector employer in the country.
Answer :  Government

Question : Over the last four decades (1972-2012) people have moved from self employment and regular salaried employment to ____________ Scholars call this process as ______________
Answer :  casual wage work; casualisation of workforce

Question : The nature of employment has become more _________________ (formal/informal) with only limited availability of social security measures to the workers.
Answer :  Informal

Question : Those who work in private sector establishments which employ10 hired workers or more are called __________.
Answer :  formal sectors workers

Question : Women workers account for __________ of the rural workforce; whereas in urban areas, they are just ________ of the work force.
Answer :  one-third;one-fifth

Question : Suppose a farmer has four acres of land and he actually needs only two workers and himself to carry out various operations on his farm in a year, but if he employs five workers and his family members such as his wife and children, this situation is known as ______________.
Answer :  disguised unemployment

Question : Economists call unemployment prevailing in Indian farms as _______________.
Answer :  disguised unemployment

Question : When there is no work to do on farms, people go to urban areas and look for jobs. This kind of unemployment is known as _______________.
Answer : seasonal unemployment 

Question : When a worker is engaged by someone or an enterprise and paid his or her wages on a regular basis they are known as__________. They account for __________ of India’s workforce.
Answer :  regular salaried employees; 18%

Question : In India, about ___________ of the workforce are in the informal sector.
Answer :  94 per cent

Question : The newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the __________ sector. (service/manufacturing)
Answer :  service

Question : Workers who own and operate an enterprise to earn their livelihood are known as _________ About in India belongs to this category.
Answer :  self-employed; 52 percent

Question : An establishment with four hired worker is known as ________ (formal/informal) sector establishment.
Answer :  informal

Question : Owing to the efforts of the ______________ government has initiated the modernisation of informal sector enterprises and provision of social security measures to informal sector workers.
Answer :  International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Question : __________ account for __________ labourers are casually engaged in others’ farms and, in return, get a remuneration for the work done.
Answer :  Casual wage labourers; 30%

Question : Some people look for jobs in newspapers, some look for a job through friends and relatives. In many cities, people standing in some select areas looking for people to employ them for that day’s work.
Some go to factories and offices and give their bio-data and ask whether there is any vacancy in their factory or office. Some go to employment exchanges. The situation described in the above paragraph is called_______________.
Answer :  (c) Open unemployment