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Which of these explains seasonal unemployment?

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  1. When manual effort is replaced by mechanical effort and thereby workers are rendered jobless.

  2. When extra workers are employed and their removal will not affect the volume of total output.

  3. When there is decline in demand for production in a particular industry.

  4. When industries offer employment for only a certain period of time in a year.

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Correct Option: D

Which of these explains structural unemployment?

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  1. When manual effort is replaced by mechanical effort and thereby workers are rendered jobless.

  2. When extra workers are employed and their removal will not affect the volume of total output.

  3. When there is decline in demand for production in a particular industry.

  4. When industries offer employment for only a certain period of time in a year.

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Correct Option: C

When some people in a society are unwilling to work at the prevailing wage rate and there are people who have income from property or some other sources and need not work, such people ________________.

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  1. Casually unemployed.

  2. Chronically unemployed.

  3. Voluntarily unemployed.

  4. Disguisedly unemployed.

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Correct Option: C

Some people who are unwilling to work at the prevailing wage rate is called ___________.

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  1. frictional unemployment

  2. casual unemployment

  3. disguised unemployment

  4. voluntary unemployment.

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Correct Option: D

Which type of unemployment occurs in an economy as a result of a general downturn in business activity? 

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  1. Structural unemployment

  2. Cyclical unemployment

  3. Frictional unemployment

  4. Voluntary unemployment.

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Correct Option: B

Disguised unemployment refers to _________.

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  1. persons with no jobs

  2. more persons employed for a job which less can accomplish

  3. unemployment among woman

  4. unemployment of people whoa are above 60 years of age.

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Correct Option: B

Unemployment when some workers are temporarily out of work while changing jobs is called __________.

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  1. voluntary unemployment

  2. technological unemployment

  3. frictional unemployment

  4. disguised unemployment

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Correct Option: C

Most of the disguised unemployment in India is found in the __________ sector.

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  1. agricultural

  2. industrial

  3. export

  4. banking

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Disguised unemployment is when any person is employed but actually is not adding anything in the production. In simpler words when there are no marginal additions made a worker i.e. if that worker stops working it won't affect the output that is when he is unemployed in disguised manner. Such kind of unemployment in agriculture is found in the highest level in agriculture because majority of the agriculture activities involve labour also it is done as a family business hence finding out the contribution of every individual becomes difficult.

Seasonal unemployment refers mainly to _________.

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  1. private sector industry

  2. public sector industry

  3. agriculture

  4. banks

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Correct Option: C

When some workers tend to be displaced by machines, it is called ___________.

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  1. voluntary unemployment

  2. technological unemployment

  3. frictional unemployment

  4. disguised unemployment

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Correct Option: B