Employment: Growth, Informalization, and Other Issues Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

Agriculture is not a major source of employment in urban areas where people are mainly engaged in the service sector. About _____% of urban workers are in the service sector.

In rural and urban areas which type(s) of unemployment, is generally found (First rural area unemployment then urban)

1. Disguised unemployment
2. Industrial unemployment
3. Seasonal unemployment
4. Open unemployment

Why might the worker-population ratio be higher in rural areas than urban areas despite lower income opportunities?

Which of the following sources collect data on unemployment?

Read the following statements carefully:

• Statement 1: The nature of the unemployment problem in India is uni-faceted.
• Statement 2: Worker-population ratio is an indicator used for analyzing the employment situation in a country.

Informal workers

If India’s worker-population ratio is 35, what can be inferred about the employment situation?

What does informalization of the workforce imply for India’s economic structure?

What type of unemployment occurs when the marginal product gained by employing one additional unit of labor is zero?

There are 473 million workers in the country. Out of which, 30 million workers are in the formal sector. Can you estimate the percentage of people employed in the formal sector in India?

In the Indian economy, during the period of 1951-2012, we were able to produce more goods and services without generating employment. Scholars refer to this phenomenon as _____.

Poverty alleviation programmes aim at providing not only employment but also

What percentage of the total worker population in India are women?

Which indicator is used to analyze the employment situation of a country?

What is the term used to describe the situation where people are employed in the informal sector without any social security benefits?