CHAPTER-7-EMPLOYMENT: GROWTH, INFORMALISATION AND OTHER ISSUES
TRUE AND FALSE QUESTIONS
SI.No. Question
1 All those worker working in public sector establishment & private sector establishment which
employ 15 hired workers or more are treated as informal workers
A)True
B)False
2 An arrangement in which a worker uses his own resources to make a living, is known as wage
employment.
A)True
B)False
3 Worker population ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of worker in India by the
population in India and multiplying it by 100.
A)True
B)False
4 In the past few decades tertiary sector has created maximum job opportunities in India.
A)True
B)False
5 Which of the following statement is false?
(a) Hired workers are those who work for others and are not self –employed.
(b) Workforce refers to that part of the labour force which is actually employed.
(c) Number of Unemployed Persons =Workforce – Labour force.
(d) High priority for education implies low priority for jobs at an early age.
6 Which of the following statement is true in context of Informal Sector?
(a) Workers and enterprises in the informal sector do not get regular income.
(b) Workers are dismissed without any compensation.
(c) Technology used in the informal sector enterprises is outdated, they also do not
maintain any accounts.
(d) All of these.
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7 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.
8 Whether is the following is the true or a false statement regarding employment generation by
government.
Through various schemes and policies, the government takes initiatives to generate
employment directly and indirectly.
9 Low level of education along with poverty is the principal reason why womenlook for
sustainable jobs at early age in rural areas.
A)True
B)False
10 Secondary sector is taking a lead over tertiary sector as a source of employment in urban areas.
A)True
B)False
11 Formal sector workers are highly vulnerable to uncertainties of the market.
A)True
B)False
12 India with the help of United Nations Development Programme is working towards providing
social security benefits to informal sector workers.
A)True
B)False
13 Disguised unemployment mostly visible in urban India.
A)True
B)False
14 Frictional unemployment is temporary in nature.
A)True
B)False
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15 White collared job preference is voluntary unemployment.
A)True
B)False
16 Workforce refers to that part of labour force which is actually working.
A)True
B)False
17 Workforce refers to that part of the labour force which is actually employed
A)True
B)False
18 Number of unemployed persons = Workforce – Labour force
A)True
B)False
19 Laborious work is tough for men to do.
(A) True
(B) False
20 The entire public sector establishment and those private sector establishment which employ 10
or more hired workers are called “formal sector establishments”.
A) True
B) False
21 Worker-population ratio is calculated by dividing total number of workers by population,
multiplied by 1000
A) True
B) False
22 Casualization of workforcemeans the process of moving from self – employment and regular
salaried employment to casual wage work.
A) True
B) False
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23 In India most of the farmers are self-employed but are struggling to survive.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER
True False Questions
Q.No. Answer
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. TRUE
9 True
10 False
11 False
12 False
13 FALSE
14 TRUE
15 TRUE
16 TRUE
17 TRUE
18 FALSE
19 FALSE
20 TRUE
21 FALSE
22 TRUE
23 TRUE
PREPIRED BY : PGT ECONOMICS OF BHUBANESWAR, GUWAHATI,
KOLKATA, RANCHI, SILCHAR AND TINSIKIA REGION.
VETTED BY : KOLKATA REGION
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