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.

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

Unemployment refers to people:

Informal workers

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

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

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

In disguised unemployment, why is the marginal product of additional labor zero?

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

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

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

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?