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