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Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Unemployed as a percentage of total labour force worked out to ________  for the country as a whole.

  1. 10.4 per cent

  2. 20.4 per cent

  3. 30.4 per cent

  4. 40.4 per cent
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This specific figure (10.4 percent) refers to historical data points often cited in older textbooks regarding unemployment rates in India.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

A person working for 8 hours a day for _______  of the year is regarded as employed on a standard person year basis.

  1. 300 days

  2. 365 days

  3. 273 days

  4. 333 days
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In Indian labor statistics, a person is considered employed on a Standard Person Year (SPY) basis if they work for 273 days of 8 hours each in a year.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was introduced to combine ____________.

  1. IRDP and Million Wells Scheme (MWS)

  2. IRDP and Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS)

  3. IRDP and Minimum Wages Act

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched in 1999 by merging the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) and the Million Wells Scheme (MWS), along with other sub-schemes.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana has been restructured as _________.

  1. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana

  2. Jawahar Gramodyoga Yojana

  3. Jawahar Gram Samaj Yojana

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was restructured and renamed as the Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana (JGSY) in 1999 to focus more on rural infrastructure.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

SJSRY stands for ___________.

  1. Swam Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

  2. Shahari Jivan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana

  3. Sampoorna Jivan Shahari Rozgar Yojana

  4. Shahari Jayanti Swam Rashtriya Yojana
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A Correct answer
Explanation

SJSRY stands for Swarn Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana, launched in 1997 to provide employment opportunities to the urban poor. Options B, C, and D incorrectly expand the acronym with different word combinations - the correct expansion is 'Swarn Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana'. Note: Option A has a typo ('Swam' instead of 'Swarn') but is clearly the intended answer.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

SJSRY stands for ___________

  1. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana.

  2. Shahari Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana.

  3. Sampoorna Jeewan Shahari Rozgar Yojana.

  4. None of the above.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

SJSRY stands for Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana which was introduced in India on $1^{st}$ Dec, 1997 to provide gainful employment to urban unemployed or underemployed poor.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Work Force Participation Rate (WPR) equals ___________________.

  1. number of persons in the Labour Force per 1000 persons of the Population

  2. number of persons employed per 1000 persons in the Labour-Force

  3. number or persons unemployed per 1000 persons the Labour-Force

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Work Force Participation Rate (WPR) is defined as the number of persons employed per 1000 persons in the labor force (or sometimes population, but in this context, it refers to the employed proportion).

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

If 9 people are Unemployed and 411 people are in the Work Force, then people in Labour Force___.

  1. 402

  2. 411

  3. 9

  4. 420
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Labor Force is the sum of the employed and the unemployed. If 411 are in the work force (employed) and 9 are unemployed, the total labor force is 411 + 9 = 420.