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

Employment Guarantee Scheme was first introduced in which of the following states?

  1. Odisha

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Punjab

  4. Uttar Pradesh
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Employment Guarantee Scheme was first introduced in Maharasthra in $1972-73$. The scheme was the first of its kind to give recognition to the 'right to work' enshrined in the constitution. It emboided a commitment by the state to provide work to a person who comes forward to offer labour.

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

Disguised unemployment in the agricultural sector of India exists due to the ______.

  1. dependence of agriculture on the monsoons

  2. abolition of zamindari

  3. heavy pressure of population on land

  4. absence of trade unions in the agriculture sector
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Dependency on agriculture is increasing day by day because of lack of alternative employment opportunities and burgeoning population resulting in disguised unemployment. In fact overcrowding and consequent pressure of population on land have led to the sub-division and fragmentation of holdings decline in area of land per capita and disguised employment in agriculture.

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

The job redesign includes ________________.

  1. Provide task closure

  2. Person

  3. System

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

Job redesign involves restructuring tasks to increase motivation and efficiency. Providing task closure is a core component of job enrichment, which is a common form of job redesign.

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

Critical incident method is a method of _____________.

  1. Performance appraisal

  2. Promotion

  3. Laws

  4. Market
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The critical incident method involves documenting specific examples of employee behavior that lead to either success or failure in their roles. This data is used to evaluate performance.

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
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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.