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

Unemployment insurance results in _______________.

  1. Maintenance of consumption level

  2. Decrease in savings

  3. Decrease in consumption level

  4. Increase in savings
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Unemployment insurance provides a financial safety net for individuals who have lost their jobs. This allows them to maintain their standard of living and consumption levels during periods of joblessness.

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

Which is the highest form of unemployment in India?

  1. Seasonal

  2. Structural

  3. Cyclical

  4. Casual
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Structural unemployment is considered the most significant and persistent form of unemployment in India, arising from a mismatch between the skills of the workforce and the requirements of the economy.

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

State whether the followings statements regarding NREGA are true or false:
a) Employment will be given within 15 days of application for work, if it is not then daily unemployment allowance as per the Act, has to be paid. 
b) Paid liability for payment of unemployment allowance is of the States.

  1. Only A is true

  2. Only B is true

  3. Both A and B are true

  4. Both A and B are false
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), employment must be provided within 15 days of application, failing which an unemployment allowance is payable. The responsibility for funding this allowance lies with the State Governments.

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

As we all know now every child in the age group of 6-14 years can demand that he/she should be admitted to a school to complete his/her primary/basic education. Enactment of which of the following acts has made it possible?

  1. Right to Information Act

  2. Abolition of Child Labour Act

  3. Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation Act

  4. Competition Act
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following is the biggest programme launched for school children and has been very successful?

  1. Antyodaya Yojana

  2. Food for work

  3. Mid Day Meal

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

The Mid Day Meal scheme is one of the largest school feeding programmes in the world, aimed at enhancing enrollment, attendance, and retention in schools while improving nutritional levels.

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

Under NREGA, for how many days in a year is a guaranteed employment given to eligible persons?

  1. $175$

  2. $150$

  3. $125$

  4. $100$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

NREGA (now MGNREGA) guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

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

Which of the following schemes was launched by the Govt of India to give focussed attention to integrated development of infrastructure and services in urban areas?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

  2. Bharat Nirman

  3. Providing Urban facilities in Rural Areas

  4. Both (a) and (b) above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched to encourage cities to initiate steps for bringing about improvement in existing civic service levels in a sustainable manner.

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

Under the Right to Education Bill, the children of which of the following age groups are eligible to get free education?

  1. Up to five years

  2. Six to ten years

  3. Six to fourteen years

  4. Eight to twelve years
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Right to Education Act provides for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of 6 to 14 years.

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

During the recent Depression, workers in developed countries preferred to take inferior jobs instead of a lay-off. This situation is known as _________________.

  1. Seasonal unemployement

  2. Cyclical unemployement

  3. Disguised unemployment

  4. Voluntary unemployment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Disguised unemployment occurs when more people are employed than are actually needed for a job, often resulting in low productivity. In the context of a depression, taking inferior jobs is often a sign of underemployment or disguised unemployment.