Tag: employment and unemployment in india - problems and policies

Questions Related to employment and unemployment in india - problems and policies

____________ sector has highest rate of disguised unemployment.

  1. Agriculture

  2. Service

  3. Industrial

  4. Construction


Correct Option: A

 _________ unemployment is associated with trade cycles.

  1. Cyclical

  2. frictional

  3. technological

  4. disguised


Correct Option: A

EAS stands for _______.

  1. Employment Assurance Scheme.

  2. Employment Assistance scheme

  3. Essential Assistance Scheme

  4. European Assistance Scheme


Correct Option: A

______ refers to the persons who are not willing to work at the existing wage rate.

  1. Voluntary unemployed

  2. Disguised unemployed

  3. Semi employed

  4. Frictional unemployment


Correct Option: A

Rural unemployment in India is mainly of the ______ type. 

  1. industrial

  2. educated

  3. seasonal and disguised

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: C

Urban unemployment in India is mainly of ______ type.

  1. industrial

  2. educated

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. seasonal


Correct Option: C

_________ means persons who did not find work on a day or some days during the survey week.

  1. Daily status unemployment

  2. Weekly status unemployment

  3. Chronic unemployment

  4. Disguised employment


Correct Option: A

Seasonal unemployment is most common in____.

  1. agriculture

  2. mining

  3. interior decoration

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: A

Difficulties in getting workers and vacancies together leads to ______ unemployment.

  1. voluntary

  2. frictional

  3. casual

  4. disguised


Correct Option: B

When marginal output of a worker is zero, it is a case of ______ unemployment.

  1. open

  2. disguised

  3. chronic

  4. technological


Correct Option: B