Tag: unemployment and employment generation

Questions Related to unemployment and employment generation

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

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  1. 10.4 per cent

  2. 20.4 per cent

  3. 30.4 per cent

  4. 40.4 per cent

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Correct Option: A

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

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

  1. 300 days

  2. 365 days

  3. 273 days

  4. 333 days

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Correct Option: C

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGs) Act passed in __________. 

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

  1. September, 1995

  2. September, 2000

  3. September, 2005

  4. September, 2010

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Correct Option: C

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

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

  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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Correct Option: A

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana has been restructured as _________.

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

  1. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana

  2. Jawahar Gramodyoga Yojana

  3. Jawahar Gram Samaj Yojana

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A

SJSRY stands for ___________.

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  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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Correct Option: A

SJSRY stands for ___________

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

  1. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana.

  2. Shahari Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana.

  3. Sampoorna Jeewan Shahari Rozgar Yojana.

  4. None of the above.

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Correct Option: A
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.

Work Force Participation Rate (WPR) equals ___________________.

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

  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

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Correct Option: B

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

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  1. 402

  2. 411

  3. 9

  4. 420

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Correct Option: D

The ______ is defined as the number of persons in the Labor Force per 1000 persons.

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

  1. WPR

  2. LFPR

  3. CWS

  4. CDS

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Correct Option: B