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

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

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 _____.

Unemployment refers to people:

Why are more rural women found working compared to urban women?

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

Which of the following sources collect data on unemployment?

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

What trend in India’s employment and GDP growth from 1990-2012 indicates “jobless growth”?

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.

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

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?

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

Informal workers

Generally, we divide all economic activities into 8 different industrial divisions. Choose the wrong combination.

How does "jobless growth" between 1950–2010 reflect India’s economic structure?