Q 1 – Which of the following statement is not true for a worker?
(A) A worker contributes to the GDP.
(B) Workers may temporarily abstain from work due to illness.
(C) Self-employed are not workers.
(D) Those who help the main workers are also workers.
Ans. (C) Self-employed are not workers.
Q 2 – What is the distribution of the workforce in rural and urban areas?
(A) 75 : 25
(B) 60 : 40
(C) 50 : 50
(D) 40 : 60
Ans. (A) 75 : 25
Q 3 – Which of the following is the correct definition of self-employed?
(A) Not able to find jobs during some months of the year
(B) Own and operate their own enterprises
(C) Receive wages on a regular basis by the employer
(D) Casually engaged in other individuals enterprises
Ans. (B) Own and operate their own enterprises
Q 4 – What percent of urban workers are casual labourers?
(A) 54 percent
(B) 41 percent
(C) 39 percent
(D) 18 percent
Ans. (D) 18 percent
Q 5 – Which of the following workers is a regular salaried employee?
(A) Owner of a saloon
(B) Rickshaw puller
(C) Cashier in State Bank of India
(D) Vegetable vendor
Ans. (C) Cashier in State Bank of India
Q 6 – Which of the following is a primary sector activity?
(A) Mining and Quarrying
(B) Construction
(C) Trade
(D) Transport and Storage
Ans. (A) Mining and Quarrying
Q 7 – What proportion of the urban workforce is engaged in the secondary sector?
(A) Half
(B) One-third
(C) One-fourth
(D) One-fifth
Ans. (B) One-third
Q 8 – What was the average rate of growth of employment during 1950-2010?
(A) 1 percent
(B) 2 percent
(C) 5 percent
(D) 10 percent
Ans. (B) 2 percent
Q 9 – Which of the following is not a feature of organised sector?
(A) Job Security
(B) Social security benefits
(C) Irregular payment
(D) Fixed working hours
Ans. (C) Irregular payment
Q 10 – Which of the following is not an employment generation programme?
(A) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)
(B) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
(C) National Food for Work Programme (NFWP)
(D) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
Ans. (D) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
Q 11 – An arrangement in which a worker uses his own resources to make a living is known ……………..
(a) Wage employment
(b) regular employment
(c) casual employment
(d) self-employment
Ans. (d) self-employment
Q 12 – Out of these which of the following is a worker?
(a) Beggar
(b) Gambler
(c) Cobbler
(d) Smuggler
Ans. (c) Cobbler
Q 13 – Unemployed people is calculated as
(a) Labour Force – Workforce
(b) Labour Force + Workforce
(c) Workforce – Labour Force
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Labour Force – Workforce
Q 14– Which of the following statements is not true for a worker?
(a) A worker contributes to the GDP.
(b) Workers may temporarily abstain from work due to illness.
(c) Self-employed are not workers.
(b) Those who help the main workers are also workers.
Ans. (c) Self-employed are not workers.
Q 15 – What percent of urban workers are casual labourers?
(a) 54 percent
(b) 47 percent
(c) 38 percent
(d) 15 percent
Ans. (d) 15 percent
Q 16 – Which of the following workers is a regular salaried employee?
(a) Owner of a saloon
(b) Rickshaw puller
(c) Cashier in State Bank of India
(d) Vegetable vendor
Ans. (c) Cashier in State Bank of India
Q 17 – What proportion of the urban workforce is engaged in the secondary sector?
(a) Half
(b) One-third
(c) One-fourth
(d) One-fifth
Ans. (b) One-third
Q 18 – What was the average rate of growth of employment during 1950-2010?
(a) 1 percent
(b) 2 percent
(c) 5 percent
(d) 10 percent
Ans. (b) 2 percent
Q 19 – Which of the following is not a feature of organised sector?
(a) Job Security
(b) Social security benefits
(c) Irregular payment
(d) Fixed working hours
Ans. (c) Irregular payment
Q 20 – Which of the following is not an employment generation programme?
(a) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)
(b) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
(c) National Food for Work Programme (NFWP)
(d) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
Ans. (d) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana