Employment Growth Informational and other Issues - Online Test
Q1. Which of the following is false regarding India Vision 2020 : Employment
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
As per vision of Dr. APJ Abdulkalam, we have to transform India in five areas where India has core competence ie., Agriculture and food processing, Education and healthcare, Information and communication technology, Infrastructure development, which includes reliable and quality electric power, surface transport and infrastructure for all parts of the country including rural and urban areas under PURA and Self-reliance in critical technologies.
Q2. Female worker participation rate in rural areas is
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Because in rural areas, poverty compels women to avoid education and seek employment
Q3. When a labour does not get employment opportunity despite his willingness to work at the existing wage rate.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
A man is unemployed only when he is both without a job or not employed and also desires to be employed.
Q4. Workers enjoy job security in :
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
There are some benefits provided to the employees working under organised sector like they get the advantage of job security, add on benefits are provided like various allowances and perquisites.
Q5. Unemployment is the result of
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
The major cause of unemployment and underemployment in underdeveloped countries like India is the deficiency of the stock of capital in relation to the needs of the growing labour force.
Q6. Various factors e which have contributed to Industrial unemployment are (i) Increase in population (ii) Increase in population of urban areas is faster than in rural areas (iii) Growth of cottage small scale industries. Options are
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q7. NSSO stands for
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) headed by a Director General is responsible for conduct of large scale sample surveys in diverse fields on All India basis. Primarily data are collected through nation-wide household surveys on various socio-economic subjects, Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), etc. Besides these surveys, NSSO collects data on rural and urban prices and plays a significant role in the improvement of crop statistics through supervision of the area enumeration and crop estimation surveys of the State agencies. It also maintains a frame of urban area units for use in sample surveys in urban areas.
Q8. All those who are able to do work and are also willing to work but are not able to get proper work
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Open unemployment is a situation where in a large section of the labour force does not get a job that may yield them regular income. This type of unemployment can be seen and counted in terms of the number of unemployed persons. The labour force expands at a faster rate than the growth rate of economy.
Q9. Which one of the following activities can be included in the primary sector?
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
The industries engaged in production or extraction of natural resources such as crops, oil and ores can be termed as primary sector.
Q10. NSSO has used three concepts of unemployment except
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Unemployment may be defined as “a situation in which the person is capable of working both physically and mentally at the existing wage rate, but does not get a job to work”.There are three measures or estimates of unemployment. These are developed by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). They are:
1. Usual Status Unemployment
2. Weekly Status Unemployment
3. Current Daily Status Unemployment
