CBSE Class 11 Economics Employment Growth Informalisation and Other Issues MCQs Set B

Question: The fundamental cause of unemployment from the labour demand angle is
a) High rate of growth of population
b) Use of capital intensive technique
c) Shortage of capital
d) Lack of vocational education
Answer: c

Question: What is the distribution of the workforce in rural and urban areas?
a) 75 : 25
b) 60 : 40
c) 50 : 50
d) 40 : 60
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following is false regarding labour force
a) Include those engaged in productive activities
b) Exclude mentally challenged people
c) It includes all member of population
d) Exclude very young and very old people
Answer: c

Question: Those people who are hired by others and are paid wages as a reward for their services are called
a) Hired workers
b) Construction workers
c) None
d) Self-employed workers
Answer: a

Question: Labour force refers to
a) The number of persons employed forcefully
b) The number of persons usually employed or willing to be employed
c) The number of persons usually unemployed
d) None
Answer: b

Question: Find odd one out
a) Transport operator
b) Owners of a saloon with more than 10 employees
c) A cobbler
d) A tuition master
Answer: b

Question: Under employment occurs when people
a) do not want to work
b) are not paid for their work
c) are working less than they are capable of doing work.
d) are not skilled
Answer: c

Question: Which one of the following sectors is the largest employer in India?
a) Secondary
b) Tertiary
c) Primary
d) IT sector
Answer: c

Question: What was the average rate of growth of employment during 1950-2010?
a) 1 percent
b) 2 percent
c) 5 percent
d) 10 percent
Answer: b

Question: Person who are engaged in their own farm or non-farm enterprises are called as
a) Workers
b) Self-employed
c) Employees
d) None
Answer: b

Question: Inflation means.
a) Rise in prices of only selected items
b) The continuous rise in the general price level
c) Rise in a general price level
d) A continuous rise in the general price level over a long period
Answer: c

Question: Which one of the following activities can be included in the primary sector?
a) Making Sugar from sugar cane
b) Cultivating sugar cane
c) Providing storage facility for the grains
d) Giving loans to the farmer
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following is false regarding India Vision 2020 : Employment
a) By the year 2020 primary sector’s employment in total workforce is expected to increase to less than 45 % percent
b) Increase role of SME’s which create majority of jobs
c) India need to generate in the order of 200 million additional employment opportunities over the next two decades
d) None
Answer: a

I. Choose the correct alternative.

Question. Which of the following statement is not true for a worker?
(a) A worker contributes to the GDP.
(b) Workers may temporarily abstain from work due to illness.
(c) Self-employed are not workers.
(d) Those who help the main workers are also workers.
Answer: (c)

Question. What is the distribution of the workforce in rural and urban areas?
(a) 75 : 25
(b) 60 : 40
(c) 50 : 50
(d) 40 : 60
Answer: (a)

Question. Which of the following is the correct definition of self-employed?
(a) Not able to find jobs during some months of the year
(b) Own and operate their own enterprises
(c) Receive wages on a regular basis by the employer
(d) Casually engaged in other individuals enterprises
Answer: (b)

Question. What percent of urban workers are casual labourers?
(a) 54 percent
(b) 41 percent
(c) 39 percent
(d) 18 percent
Answer: (d)

Question. Which of the following workers is a regular salaried employee?
(a) Owner of a saloon
(b) Rickshaw puller
(c) Cashier in State Bank of India
(d) Vegetable vendor
Answer: (c)

Question. Which of the following is a primary sector activity?
(a) Mining and Quarrying
(b) Construction
(c) Trade
(d) Transport and Storage
Answer: (a)

Question. What proportion of the urban workforce is engaged in the secondary sector?
(a) Half
(b) One-third
(c) One-fourth
(d) One-fifth
Answer: (b)

Question. What was the average rate of growth of employment during 1950-2010?
(a) 1 percent
(b) 2 percent
(c) 5 percent
(d) 10 percent
Answer: (b)

Question. Which of the following is not a feature of organised sector?
(a) Job Security
(b) Social security benefits
(c) Irregular payment
(d) Fixed working hours
Answer: (c)

Question. Which of the following is not an employment generation programme?
(a) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)
(b) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
(c) National Food for Work Programme (NFWP)
(d) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
Answer: (d)

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

Question. Economic activities contribute to the ________ of the country.
Answer: GDP

Question. Worker-population ratio analyses the situation of ______ in the country.
Answer: employment

Question. Activities performed by women for the household are not recognized as ______ work.
Answer: productive

Question. Workers who own and operate an enterprise to earn their livelihood are known as ________
Answer: self-employed

Question. Among regular salaried employment, ___________ workers are found to be so engaged in greater proportion.
Answer: male

Question. Enterprises in _______ areas require workers on a regular basis.
Answer: urban

Question. The ________ sector gives employment to about one-third of the urban workforce.
Answer: secondary

Question. ______ sector covers those enterprises or places of work where the terms of employment are regular and therefore, people have assured work.
Answer: Organised

Question. In _______ unemployment, people are not able to find jobs during some months of the year.
Answer: seasonal

Question. NREGA 2005 promises ________ of guaranteed wage employment to all rural households who volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
Answer: 100 days

III. State whether the following statements are true or false.

Question. Workers do not include those who help the main workers in their activities.
Answer: False

Question. Urban people have a variety of employment opportunities.
Answer: True

Question. Self-employed and casual wage labourers are found more in rural areas.
Answer: True

Question. Casual wage work is the major source for both men and women.
Answer: False

Question. In the course of the economic development of a country, workers migrate from rural to urban areas.
Answer: True

Question. There has hardly been any change in the distribution of the workforce across various industries since the 1970s.
Answer: False

Question. The Indian economy has been able to produce more goods and services due to growth in employment opportunities.
Answer: False

Question. Employment is not secure in organised sector.
Answer: False

Question. The Indian government has initiated the modernisation of informal sector enterprises and the provision of social security measures to informal sector workers.
Answer: True

Question. Newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the service sector.
Answer: True

IV. Match the following.

Question.
Column-I
1. Rural unemployment
2. Urban unemployment
3. Participation rate
4. Number of persons unemployed
5. Unemployment due to economic fluctuations

Column-II
(A) Educated unemployment
(B) Cyclical unemployment
(C) Disguised unemployment
(D) \( \frac{\text{Workforce}}{\text{Total population}} \times 100 \)
(E) Labour force – workforce

Answer:
1. Rural unemployment — (C) Disguised unemployment
2. Urban unemployment — (A) Educated unemployment
3. Participation rate — (D) \( \frac{\text{Workforce}}{\text{Total population}} \times 100 \)
4. Number of persons unemployed — (E) Labour force – workforce
5. Unemployment due to economic fluctuations — (B) Cyclical unemployment