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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&nbsp;<span>$\times$</span><span>100)</span>&nbsp;<span>$\div$ </span>Population&nbsp;

  3. Total number of urban workers&nbsp;<span>$\div$ (</span>Population&nbsp;<span>$\times$</span>100)

  4. Total labour&nbsp;<span>$\div$ (</span>Population&nbsp;<span>$\times$</span>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 $&lt;$ Marginal Revenue Product

  3. Wage $&gt;$ 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.

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

Which of the following is true regarding employment in India?

  1. Rural workers constitute about three-fourths of workforce

  2. Men form the majority of workforce in India

  3. Women workers account for majority of the rural workforce

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
During 1999- 2000, India had about a 400 million strong workforce.The rural workers constitute about three-fourth of this 400 million. Men form the majority of workforce in India. Women workers account for one-third of the rural workforce whereas in urban areas, they are just one-fifth of the workforce.
Multiple choice social science employment: growth, informalisation and other issues employment - trends and structure workers and employment sources of income

Which of the following doest not determine supply of labour?

  1. Size and age-structure of population

  2. Nature of work

  3. Marginal productivity of labour

  4. Speed and Intensity of work
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The supply of labour is determined by population size, age structure, and work preferences. Marginal productivity of labour is a factor that determines the demand for labour, not the supply.

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

An employment situation where the marginal productivity of agricultural labour is zero is known as ___________.

  1. structural unemployment

  2. seasonal unemployment

  3. cyclical unemployment

  4. disguised unemployment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A situation in which available work tasks are split among resources (typically labour) such that they seem fully employed but in reality much of their time is spent in unproductive activities is called disguised unemployment. Here the marginal productivity of labour comes to zero. When aggregate demand for goods and services in the economy falls far below its capacity, a large chunk of labour force gets employed. This is known as cyclical unemployment. While structural unemployment means the change in the demand pattern for goods necessitates change in the demand pattern for labour. But labour force cannot immediately metamorphose, matching the change in demand pattern. Due to these conditions a state of unemployment occurs that is known as structural unemployment.

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

Why are there lesser women in the workforce?

  1. Where men are able to earn high incomes, families discourage female members from taking up jobs

  2. Many activities for the household engaged in by women are not recognised as productive work

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Compared to females, more males are found to be working. This is because where men are able to earn high incomes, families discourage female members from taking up jobs. Many activities for the household engaged in by women are not recognised as productive work. This narrow definition of work leads to non-recognition of women’s work and, therefore, to the underestimation of the number of women workers in the country.