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A situation of employment in which a person is apparently employed but contribution to the production is almost nil is called _________ unemployment.

  1. structural.

  2. chronic.

  3. disguised.

  4. cyclical.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A situation of employment in which a person is apparently employed but contribution to the production is almost nil is called disguised unemployment. This is a case of marginal productivity of labour being zero and is generally found in the agricultural sector.

In which type of unemployment would a shift in surplus labour from one sector to another, will lead to an increase in productivity and the national output?

  1. structural unemployment.

  2. frictional unemployment.

  3. disguised unemployment.

  4. cyclical unemployment.


Correct Option: A

Which type of unemployment arises due to changes in the regional and occupational patterns of job vacancies, which does not match the profile of a the existing workers?

  1. Disguised unemployment.

  2. Frictional unemployment.

  3. Structural unemployment.

  4. Cyclical unemployment.


Correct Option: C

When industries offer employment for only a certain period of time in a year, it leads to ______ unemployment.

  1. structural

  2. frictional

  3. casual

  4. seasonal


Correct Option: D

When the economy is not able to absor the increasing number of people coming to labour market in search of jobs, it is a case of ______ unemployment.

  1. frictional

  2. structural

  3. casual

  4. seasonal


Correct Option: B

You are the factory owner and have given employment to 400 workers if 10 workers are retrenched by you without loss of production then this situation be described as ______.

  1. open unemployment

  2. disguised unemployment

  3. frictional unemployment

  4. seasonal unemployment


Correct Option: B

Occupational Structure means____.

  1. number of people living in a country

  2. size of working force in a country

  3. distribution of working force among the different occupations

  4. the nature of different occupation


Correct Option: C

When people engaged in certain work or activities remain unemployment during the off-season, it leads to ______ unemployment.

  1. structural

  2. frictional

  3. seasonal

  4. casual


Correct Option: C

Structural unemployment results due to____.

  1. change caused by the introduction of new machines, labour saving devices and improvement in method of production

  2. change caused by recessionary and depressionary phases of the economy

  3. change caused by high population growth, primitive state of technology, low capital formation and vicious circle of poverty etc.

  4. change caused by a decline in demand for production in particular industry and consequent disinvestment and reduction in its manpower requirement


Correct Option: D

When there is a decline in demand for production in a particular industry, it leads to ______ unemployment.

  1. structural

  2. frictional

  3. casual

  4. seasonal


Correct Option: A