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Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

Job factors includes ____________.

  1. Suspension

  2. Wages

  3. Salary

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Job factors encompass various elements of employment, including compensation and disciplinary measures. Since wages and salary are both forms of compensation, 'All of these' is the correct choice.

Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

_____________ is the process of negotiation between employers and the representatives of a unit of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate working conditions.

  1. Participation management

  2. Collective bargaining

  3. Code of conduct

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Collective bargaining is the formal process where employers and employee representatives negotiate terms of employment, such as wages and working conditions.

Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

Entrepreneurial ability is a special kind of labour that ___________.

  1. is hired out to firms at high wages

  2. organises the process of production

  3. produces new capital goods to earn interest

  4. manages to avoid losses by continual innovation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Entrepreneurial ability is the factor of production that coordinates the other factors (land, labour, and capital) to produce goods and services.

Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

Worker-population ratio =

  1. Total number of men $\div$ (population $\times$100)
  2. (Total number of workers in India $\times$100) $\div$ Population
  3. Total number of urban workers $\div$ (Population $\times$100)
  4. Total labour $\div$ (Population $\times$100)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Divide the total number of workers in India by the population in India and multiply it by 100, you will get the worker-population ratio for India.
Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

Worker-population ratio is useful in ________.

  1. knowing the proportion of the population that is actively contributing to the production of goods and services of a country

  2. estimating national income

  3. estimating GDP

  4. knowing the number of people employed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Worker-population ratio is useful in knowing the proportion of population that is actively contributing to the production of goods and services of a country.  Employment situation does not help in calculating National income or GDP.
Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

Exploitation of labour is said to exist when ________.

  1. Wage $=$ Marginal Revenue Product
  2. Wage $<$ Marginal Revenue Product
  3. Wage $>$ Marginal Revenue Product
  4. Marginal Revenue Product $= 0$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Exploitation occurs when a worker is paid less than the value of the output they contribute to the firm, which is represented by the Marginal Revenue Product.

Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

The supply of labour in the economy depends on which of the following?

  1. Population

  2. National income

  3. Per capita income

  4. Natural resources
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The total supply of labour in an economy is primarily determined by the size of the population, as this represents the potential workforce.

Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

______ is an indicator which is used for analysing the employment situation in the country.

  1. NNP

  2. Worker population ratio

  3. Number of workers

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Worker-population ratio is an indicator which is used for analyzing the employment situation in the country. NNP deals with national income, not employment. No. of workers is an absolute measure, which cannot be used to assess the employment situation.
Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

The responsibility of the organization to the workers includes:
(i) The payment of fair wages
(ii) Arrangement of proper training and education of the workers
(iii) The installation of an efficient grievance handling system
(iv) Welfare of family members
(v) The provision of the best possible working conditions
Identify the correct combination:

  1. (i), (ii), (iii) and (v)

  2. (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)

  3. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

  4. (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Organizations have a responsibility to provide fair wages, training, grievance systems, and safe working conditions. Welfare of family members is generally considered a social or state responsibility rather than a direct organizational duty in this context.