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