CBSE Class 11 Economics On Employment Worksheet

MCQs

Question: About ___________ of the total population in the country is engaged in various economic activities.
(A) Three-fifth
(B) Four-fifth
(C) Two-fifth
(D) None of the above
Answer : C

Question: Due to the recent efforts of which international body the Indian government, initiated the modernization of informal sector?
(A) World Bank
(B) WTO
(C) International Labour Organisation
(D) G-20
Answer : C

Question: Work force refers to that part of
(A) Labour force which is employed
(B) Population which is unemployed
(C) Population which is forced to work
(D) Labour force which is when employed
Answer : A

Question: __________ is a common form of unemployment in rural India.
(A) Disguised unemployment
(B) Structural unemployment
(C) Educated unemployment
(D) None of these
Answer : A

Question: Agriculture labourers, farmers, owners of small enterprise which emply less than 20 workers fall in the category of :
(A) Formal sector
(B) Informal sector
(C) Casual workers
(D) Regular workers
Answer : B

Question: Find the odd man out:
(a) A clerk in the electricity office
(b) Computer operator in the state government office working on a temporary basis
(c) Worker in a hotel which has seven hired workers and three family workers.
(d) A police constable
Answer : C

Question: When due to introduction of new machinery, some workers tend to be replaced by machines, their unemployment is termed as
(A) Structural
(B) Technological
(C) Mechanical
(D) Seasonal
Answer : B

Question: Find the odd one out.
(A) A private school teacher in a school with only 25 teachers
(B) A nurse in a government hospital
(C) Cycle-rickshaw puller
(D) A civil engineer working in a construction company which has 10 workers
Answer : C

Question: Sum total of final goods and services produced in domestic territory of an economy during a year is called ______.
(A) GDP
(B) NDP
(C) NNP
(D) GNP
Answer : A

Question: Formal sector includes all those enterprises which employ
(A) More than 10 workers
(B) 10 workers
(C) Both (a) and (b)
(D) Neither (a) nor (b)
Answer : C

Fill in The Blanks

Question: Economists call unemployment prevailing in Indian farms as __________.
Answer : disguised unemployment

Question: _____________ is the major formal sector employer in the country.
Answer : Government

Question: Those who work in private sector establishments which employ10 hired workers or more are called __________.
Answer : formal sectors workers

Question: Suppose a farmer has four acres of land and he actually needs only two workers and himself to carry out various operations on his farm in a year, but if he employs five workers and his family members such as his wife and children, this situation is known as __________.
Answer : disguised unemployment

Question: Over the last four decades (1972-2012) people have moved from self employment and regular salaried employment to ________ Scholars call this process as _______
Answer : casual wage work; casualisation of workforce

Case Study Questions Employment Growth Informalisation and other Issues Class 11 Economics

This paragraph talks about economic inequalities in India that have been driven by employment patterns and changes in labour markets, which in turn have been affected by macroeconomic policies and processes as well as forms of social discrimination and exclusion. While many Asian economies haveshown indications of rising inequality in recent decades, the Indian experience is particularly remarkable in the way inequalities have intertwinedwith the economic growth process.
Structural change (or the relative lack of it) and the persistence of low productivity employment in India are strongly related to falling wage shares of national income and growing wage inequalities and the close relationship between formal and informal sectors is the sharpest exemplar of this.
Patterns of social discrimination alongwith gender and caste lines have reinforced tendencies to create segmented labour markets that offer little incentive for employers to focus on productivity improvements.

Question: Women participation in rural areas is found to be higher in rural areas as compared with areas in India,due to which of the following reason?
(a) Widespread poverty
(b) Male members do not earn sufficient income
(c) Wages levels are low in rural areas
(d) All of the above

Answer: D

Question: Why did the government shift its strategy from long-term to short-term programmes to remove unemployment?
(a) Short-term policies are more effective
(b) Long-term policies do not give appropriate response
(c) Its easy to check the progress
(d) All of the above

Answer: D

Question: Due to introduction of new technology, workers may be replaced by machines leading to which type of unemployment?
(a) Disguised unemployment
(b) Frictional unemployment
(c) Seasonal unemployment
(d) Structural unemployment

Answer: D

Question: Increase in the proportion of casual workers as a proportion of total workforce is known as ……… .
(a) Casualisation
(b) Informalisation
(c) Employment elasticity of growth
(d) None of the above

Answer: A

Question: Which of the following situation correctly explains the case of structural unemployment?
(a) Web-based advertising has drawn advertisers away from newspaper ads.
(b) Online news media has drawn customers away from physical newspapers.
(c) Ticket machines in train stations has reduced the need for ticket officers.
(d) All of the above

Answer: D

Question: Assertion (A) There is a need to bridge the skill-gap and enhance labour productivity in India.
Reason (R) Structural unemployment is a major issue in India and thus there is a need to tackle with the same.
Alternatives
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true
(d) Both the statements are false 

Answer: A

 Many developing countries are experiencing an unprecedented growth of urban population. Since the early 1970s, the trend has accelerated and it is expected that the less developed regions of the world will add about 1,000 million people to its urban population till the last quarter of this century as against 400 million people in the preceding quarter.
The explosion of this magnitude cannot be without far-reaching economic, social and political consequences which will have to be countered through appropriate public policies.
Many observers have feared that rising urban unemployment, scanty housing, inadequate water and electricity supply, poor sanitation, transport and other services, and an overall decline in the quality of urban life is in the main course due to the influx of migrants from the rural areas. Many developing countries have, therefore, initiated policies and programmes which aim at decelerating the growth of urban population through restricting the scale of rural-urban migration.

Question: Which of the following type of unemployment is prevalent in rural areas in India?
(a) Disguised unemployment
(b) Structural unemployment
(c) Seasonal unemployment
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer: D

Question: Migration of labour in search of employment has been a major concern for the government. This was also evident from the movement of labour during lockdown in India. Which of the reasons could be accounted for the migration?
(a) Lack of regular source of income
(b) Low level of development of agriculture
(c) Low level of skills
(d) All of the above

Answer: D

Question: What is the right formula to know theunemployment rate?
(a) (Total Number of Unemployed / Total Labour Force)
                                                                    × 100
(b) (Total Labour Force / Total Number of Unemployed)
                                                                   × 100
(c) (Total Number of Unemployed / Total Workforce)
                                                                  × 100
(d) (Total Workforce / Total Number of Unemployed)
                                                                × 100

Answer: A

Question: Which of the following is the major initiative taken by the GoI which guarantees 100 days of assured employment to every rural household who asks for it?
(a) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(b) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(c) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(d) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Answer: B

Question: Which of the following is the most preferred form of employment among women in India?
(a) Self-employment
(b) Technical employment
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d)Wage employment

Answer: A

Question: Assertion (A) Raj owns a Kirana store and has hired four workers to handle day-to-day work. He comes under the purview of formal sector.
Reason (R) An establishment with four hired workers is known as formal sector establishment.
Alternatives
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true
(d) Both the statements are false

Answer: D

Worksheet on Employment Reference:

I. Answer in One sentence each.

a. What does employment mean?

b. Who is a worker?

c. How does GDP differ from GNP?

d. define worker population ratio.

e. What is meant by casualisation of work force?

f. What is meant by informalisation of work force?

g. How does NSSO define unemployment?

II. Answer in about 60 words.

a. What are the three sources of data regarding unemployment in India?

b. What are the effects of infomalisation of Indian work force?

c. Compared to urban women more rural women are found working. Why?

d. What are the two development indicators? How do they change over the last 50 years?
e. What are the different types of unemployment generally seen in India? State the meaning of each.

III. Answer in around 75 words.

a. The nature of employment in India is multifaceted. Explain.

b. Is it necessary to generate employment in formal sector rather than informal sector? Why?

c. How are economic activities divided into different industrial sectors?

d. How are workers classified according to their status in an industry?

e. Distinguish between employment in formal sector and informal sector employment

IV. Answer in around 100 words.

a. What are the policies that government has undertaken to generate employment in the country? Explain

b. Give a brief account on the industry wise distribution of workers in India. How does the structure of employment change in India since 1970? 

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