Employment Growth Informalisation and Other

Which of the following measures can best reduce unemployment in India?

1. Discouraging industrial development
2. Promoting skill development, entrepreneurship, and labour-intensive industries
3. Reducing educational opportunities
4. Closing small-scale industries

Informalisation of employment means:

1. Increase in government jobs only
2. Growth of employment without formal contracts and social security benefits
3. Complete elimination of private sector employment
4. Increase in permanent government employment

Underemployment means:

1. Having no work at all
2. Working below one's skill level or for fewer hours than desired
3. Working only in factories
4. Owning multiple businesses

Which government programme primarily focuses on guaranteeing wage employment in rural areas?

1. PM-KISAN
2. MGNREGA
3. Digital India
4. Startup India

Which of the following sectors has experienced the fastest employment growth in recent decades?

1. Services sector
2. Agriculture sector
3. Traditional handicrafts only
4. Mining sector only

The worker population ratio measures:

1. Total population of a country
2. Percentage of employed persons in the total population
3. Number of unemployed persons only
4. Number of industries in a country

Which of the following is a major problem faced by workers in the informal sector?

1. Guaranteed pensions
2. High salaries with promotions
3. Lack of social security and job security
4. Free international travel

Which of the following is an example of self-employment?

1. Government school teacher
2. Bank manager
3. Shopkeeper running his own business
4. Factory worker

Which organization conducts large-scale surveys on employment and unemployment in India?

1. RBI
2. National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
3. SEBI
4. LIC

Seasonal unemployment is commonly found in:

1. Agriculture
2. Banking
3. Information Technology
4. Railways

Which sector employs the largest share of the workforce in India?

1. Agriculture
2. Information Technology
3. Banking
4. Telecommunications

Which of the following is a characteristic of the formal sector?

1. No job security
2. Absence of written contracts
3. Regular wages and social security benefits
4. Only seasonal employment

The sector that provides jobs without written contracts or social security benefits is called the:

1. Formal sector
2. Public sector
3. Informal sector
4. Cooperative sector

Which type of unemployment occurs when more workers are employed than actually required?

1. Seasonal unemployment
2. Disguised unemployment
3. Cyclical unemployment
4. Frictional unemployment

Which of the following best defines employment?

1. Only working in government offices
2. Engaging in any economic activity that earns income or contributes to production
3. Studying in a school or college
4. Owning property without working