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ABS VIDHYA MANDHIR

THIRUVALUR
QUESTION BANK

CHAPTER-VII – EMPLOYMENT:GROWTH, INFORMALISATION


AND OTHER ISSUES

Obiective Type Questions

1. The formula to calculate workforce participation ratio is:

(a)Workforce/Total population) x 100

(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 Ans. (c)

2. 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

3.Men get opportunity to work in:

(a) Primary sector (b) Secondary sector (c) Service sector (d) Both (a) and (c)

4.Agriculture labourers, farmers, owners of small enterprise which employ less than 10
workers fall in the category of:

(a) formal sector(b) informal sector(c) casual workers(d) regular workers

5.Due to the recent efforts of which international body the Indian government, initiated the
modernisation of informal sector?

(a)World Bank (b)WTO ( c)International Labour Organisation (D)G-—20

6. After the workers lost their jobs in 1980's, which city experienced an economic recession
and communal riots? 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.


7.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.

9.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

10. _____________is an individual, who is involved in some productive activity, to earn a


living.

11._______________is an activity which enables a person to earn means of living.

12. _____________refers to a situation when the economy is able to produce more goods and
service without a proportionate increase in employment opportunities.

13. _____________refers to the unemployment among the educated people.

14. Wage employment means an arrangement in which a worker sells his labour and earns
wages in return. (True/False)

15. When a worker uses his own resource to work and make a living then we call it as full
employment. (true/flase)

16. Casualization of workforce refers to a situation when the percentage of casually hired
workers in the total workforce tends to rise over time. (True/False)

17. Who is a worker?

18. What are economic activities?

19. Give the difference between earlier factory work and factory work today.

20. Write the meaning of workforce.

21. Define worker-population ratio.

22. Define the term 'population'.

23. Who are called 'Self-employed'?


24. Define Casual wage labourers'.

25. Who are the 'regular salaried employees'?

26. Newly emerging jobs are found mostly in which sector in India?

27 What is meant by 'jobless growth'?

28. Who is an unemployed?

29.Define voluntary unemployment.

30. Who are worst affected by seasonal unemployment in India?

31. What do you know about NREGA 2005?

Short Answer Type Questions

32. Account for the difference in the participation ratio of people in the urban and rural areas.

33 Why does rural workforce migrate to urban areas during some part of the year?

34. Why is worker population ratio higher in males than in females in India?

35. What makes casual labourers more vulnerable?

36. How are the economic activities distributed into different industrial divisions?

37.'The nature of employment in India is multifaceted.' Elaborate.

38. How does jobless growth happen?

39.Why is it not easy to maintain an employment growth rate of 2 per cent for a country like
India?

40.Throw light on the 'formal sector employment' in the country.

41. "Though India has witnessed slow growth of employment, yet people cannot remain
completely unemployed for very long time in India." Explain.

42 Why is it necessary to generate more employment in the formal sector?

43. What role do trade unions play in protection of workforce?

44. Briefly explain on the National Rural Employment Act, 2005.

45. How is the workforce classified?

46. How has the nature of workforce changed in India in recent times?

47. What activities you would suggest to generate employment in rural areas?

48. What is unemployment? Explain any three consequences of unemployment in India.


49.Briefly explain :Disguised unemployment AND Seasonal unemployment

50. How does National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) define unemployment?

51. Which are the sources of data available on employment in India?

52. What is the importance of employment generation programmes?

Long Answer Type Questions [6 Marks]

53. Explain the concept of employment in different connotation with the help of suitable
examples.

54. Discuss the distribution for the workforce in rural and urban areas in the year 1972—73.
is an important observation in the data? Analyse it and give reasons for the nature of
workforce distribution.

55. Analyse the growth and changing structure of employment in India during the period

56. Define unemployment. Explain at least three forms of unemployment. Also explain the
economic consequences of unemployment.

57. Explain the main causes of unemployment in India

58.(a) Mention the sources of data available on unemployment.

(b) Explain any three different types of unemployment prevailing in our economy.

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