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

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

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

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?

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

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

Which of the following sources collect data on unemployment?

What is the main reason for the widening gap between GDP growth and employment growth in India?

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

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?

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.

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.

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

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