SSC economy quiz 7 September 22, 2018 September 22, 2018 Please enter your email: 1. Persons below the poverty line in India are classified as such based on whether: they are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket their daily wages fall below the prescribed minimum wages they belong to agricultural labourer household and the scheduled caste/tribe social group they get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year 2. Which of the following groups of states has the largest concentration of rural poor and Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa 3. Unemployment which occurs when workers move from one job to another job is known frictional unemployment seasonal unemployment technological unemployment cyclical unemployment 4. Cyclical unemployment refers to: disguised unemployment voluntary unemployment unemployment during recessionary phase of a trade cycle seasonal unemployment 5. One of the reasons for India’s occupational structure remaining more or less the same investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries productivity in agriculture has been high enough to induce people to stay with agriculture ceilings on land holdings have enabled more people to- own land and hence their preference to stay with agriculture people are largely unaware of the significance of transition from agriculture to industry for economic development 6. The ‘Slack Season’ in the Indian Economy is: Jan. – June Sept. – Dec Feb. – April March – April 7. India’s wage policy is based on : productivity standard of living cost of living None of the above 8. Among the reasons for disguised unemployment in the rural areas is : heavy pressure of population along with slow implementation of land reforms high illiteracy rate choice of a heavy industry model for economic development low levels of technological development in the country 9. Unemployment in a developing country generally takes place due to : lack of effective demand lack of complementary factors of production switch over from one job to another seasonal factors 10. The type of unemployment mostly found in India can be characterised as : frictional disguised cyclical structural Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related
