Employment Growth And Other Issues CBSE Questions & Answers

Employment Growth And Other Issues

This is Economics Class 11 Employment Growth and Other Issues CBSE Questions & Answers. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
Those people who are hired by others and are paid wages as a reward for their services are called
  • A
    Construction workers
  • B
    Hired workers
    Correct
  • C
    None
  • D
    Self-employed workers
2
Cyclic unemployment refers to
  • A
    Unemployment during recessionary phase of a trade cycle
    Correct
  • B
    Disguised unemployment
  • C
    Voluntary unemployment
  • D
    Seasonal unemployment
3
Unemployment arises due to inadequate aggregate demand associated with downswing, recession or depression of trade cycle
  • A
    Cyclic unemployment
    Correct
  • B
    Rural unemployment
  • C
    Open unemployment
  • D
    Disguised unemployment
4
When a person quits in order to find a second job it may cause temporary unemployment
  • A
    Frictional unemployment
    Correct
  • B
    Cyclic unemployment
  • C
    Rural unemployment
  • D
    Open unemployment
5
The immediate solution of reducing unemployment lies in
  • A
    Stepping up investment
    Correct
  • B
    None
  • C
    Reducing rate of growth of population
  • D
    Both
6
Inflation in food items is ___ than in manufactured products
  • A
    Lower
  • B
    None
  • C
    Equal to
  • D
    Higher
    Correct
7
Total employment in India in1950 was
  • A
    35 Lakh
  • B
    32 Lakh
  • C
    30 Lakh
  • D
    33 Lakh
    Correct
8
Match the following. Options are
Question 8 figure 1
  • A
    a(ii),b(i),c(ii)
  • B
    a(i),b(ii),c(iii)
  • C
    a(i),b(iii),c(ii)
    Correct
  • D
    a(ii),b(iii),c(i)
9
The sources of data on unemployment are
  • A
    Reports of Census of India
  • B
    All of these
    Correct
  • C
    Directorate General of Employment
  • D
    NSSO
10
Which of the following is not the cause of unemployment in India
  • A
    Increase in labour force
  • B
    Emphasis on Labour intensive projects
    Correct
  • C
    Faculty employment planning
  • D
    Slow growth process
11
Ram is going to school. When he is not in school, you will find him working in his farm, Can you consider him a worker? Why?
  • A
    Raj is employed
  • B
    Raj is openly unemployed
  • C
    None
  • D
    Raj is disguisedly unemployed
    Correct
12
Meena is housewife. Besides taking care of household chores she works in the cloth shop which is owned and operated by her husband. Which type of worker she is
  • A
    Self-employed
    Correct
  • B
    Casual worker
  • C
    Hired worker
  • D
    None
13
Find odd one out
  • A
    Rickshaw puller who works under a rickshaw owner
  • B
    Mason
  • C
    Mechanic shop worker
  • D
    Shoeshine boy
    Correct
14
Disguised unemployment in India is mainly related to: (i) Agricultural sector (ii) Rural sector (iii) Factory sector. Options are
  • A
    i,ii,iii
  • B
    i,iii
  • C
    iii,ii
  • D
    i,ii
    Correct
15
Why did the government shift its strategy from long term to short term programmes to remove unemployment?
  • A
    Large Scale Corruption
  • B
    Long term programmes takes a long time to implement
    Correct
  • C
    Lukewarm response from the state governments
  • D
    Lack of funds.