Employment and Unemployment
Economics ⇒ Economic Development
Employment and Unemployment starts at 9 and continues till grade 12.
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Define the term 'unemployment'.
Describe the impact of unemployment on economic development.
Describe the role of education in reducing unemployment.
Describe two major consequences of unemployment in an economy.
A city has a working-age population of 10,000. Out of these, 6,000 are employed and 1,000 are unemployed. Calculate the labour force participation rate.
A rural area has 500 people, of which 300 are employed, 50 are unemployed, and the rest are not in the labour force. What is the unemployment rate?
A town has a population of 8,000 people, with 5,000 in the labour force. If 4,500 are employed, what is the unemployment rate?
A village has 200 people, out of which 120 are working, 20 are looking for work, and the rest are not in the labour force. What is the unemployment rate in the village?
Which of the following best describes 'disguised unemployment'? (1) People are openly jobless (2) More people are employed than required, with some having zero marginal productivity (3) People are employed in high-paying jobs (4) People are working part-time jobs
Which of the following government schemes is aimed at generating employment in rural areas? (1) MGNREGA (2) Mid-Day Meal Scheme (3) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (4) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Which of the following is a cause of structural unemployment? (1) Change in technology (2) Change in weather (3) Change in seasons (4) Change in population
Which of the following is a direct effect of unemployment? (1) Increase in national income (2) Increase in poverty (3) Increase in exports (4) Decrease in population
Fill in the blank: _______ unemployment occurs when people are temporarily between jobs or are searching for new jobs.
Fill in the blank: _______ unemployment occurs when there is a mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and the jobs available.
Fill in the blank: The _______ rate is the percentage of the labour force that is unemployed.
Fill in the blank: The _______ rate measures the proportion of people in the working-age group who are actually working.
State whether the following statement is true or false: The unemployment rate is calculated as the number of unemployed divided by the total population.
State whether the following statement is true or false: Underemployment means people are working in jobs that do not use their skills fully.
True or False: Disguised unemployment is commonly found in the agricultural sector in India.
True or False: Employment in the informal sector is always better than in the formal sector.
