Please refer to Chapter 7 Employment Growth Informalisation and Other Issues MCQ Class 11 Economics with answers below. These multiple-choice questions have been prepared based on the latest NCERT book for Class 11 Economics. Students should refer to MCQ Questions for Class 11 Economics with Answers to score more marks in Grade 11 Economics exams. Students should read the chapter Employment Growth Informalisation and Other Issues and then attempt the following objective questions.

MCQ Questions Class 11 Economics Chapter 7 Employment Growth Informalisation and Other Issues

The Employment Growth Informalisation and Other Issues MCQ Class 11 Economics provided below covers all important topics given in this chapter. These MCQs will help you to properly prepare for exams.

Question. The newly emerging jobs are found mostly in ___________ sector.
(A) Manufacturing
(B) Primary
(C) Service
(D) None of these

Question. Sum total of final goods and services produced in domestic territory of an economy during a year is called __________.
(A) GDP
(B) NDP
(C) NNP
(D) GNP

Question. Unemployment common in urban areas
(A) Seasonal unemployment
(B) Disguised unemployment
(C) Open unemployment
(D) None of these

Question. Find the odd one out.
(A) A private school teacher in a school with only 25 teachers
(B) A nurse in a government hospital
(C) Cycle-rickshaw puller
(D) A civil engineer working in a construction company which has 10 workers

Question. About ___________ of the total population in the country is engaged in various economic activities.
(A) Three-fifth
(B) Four-fifth
(C) Two-fifth
(D) None of the above

Question. Men get opportunity to work in:
(A) Primary sector
(B) Secondary sector
(C) Service sector
(D) Both (a) and (c)

Question. After the workers lost their jobs in 1980’s, which city experienced an economy recession and communalriots?
(A) Ahmedabad
(B) Bombay
(C) Allahabad
(D) Bangalore

Question. Those who work in their own establishment using their own resources are called _______.
(A) Hired workers
(B) Casual workers
(C) Regular workers
(D) Self-employed

Question. Formal sector includes all those enterprises which employ
(A) More than 10 workers
(B) 10 workers
(C) Both (a) and (b)
(D) Neither (a) nor (b)

Question. Unemployment is defined as:
(A) The section of the population that is not capable of being employed
(B) The section of population willing to work but unable to find employment
(C) The section of population that is waiting to be employed
(D) The section of population that are without the skills needed by employers

Question. Data on unemployment in India can be obtained from which source?
(A) Reports of Census of India
(B) National sample survey organisation(NSSO)
(C) Directorate general of employment
(D) All the above

Question. Workers who are on permanent pay-roll of their employer are called:
(A) Self- employed workers
(B) Casual workers
(C) Regular workers
(D) None of the above

Question. Electricity, gas and water supply belong to ___________ sector.
(A) Primary sector
(B) Secondary sector
(C) Tertiary sector
(D) All the above

Question. __________ is a common form of unemployment in rural India.
(A) Disguised unemployment
(B) Structural unemployment
(C) Educated unemployment
(D) None of these

Question. When more persons are working in a job than actually required, it is known as ________.
(A) Disguised unemployment
(B) Seasonal unemployment
(C) Educated unemployment
(D) Open unemployment

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Question. In India, about ___________ of the workforce are in the informal sector.       

Question. Owing to the efforts of the ______________ government has initiated the modernisation of informal sector enterprises and provision of social security measures to informal sector workers.      

Question. Some people look for jobs in newspapers, some look for a job through friends and relatives. In many cities, people standing in some select areas looking for people to employ them for that day’s work. Some go to factories and offices and give their bio-data and ask whether there is any vacancy in their factory or office. Some go to employment exchanges. The situation described in the above paragraph is called_______________.      

Question. Workers who own and operate an enterprise to earn their livelihood are known as _________ About in India belongs to this category.      

Question. __________ account for __________ labourers are casually engaged in others’ farms and, in return, get a remuneration for the work done.     

Question. Over the last four decades (1972-2012) people have moved from self employment and regular salaried employment to ____________ Scholars call this process as ______________   

Question. _____________ is the major formal sector employer in the country.      

Question. The nature of employment has become more _________________ (formal/informal) with only limited availability of social security measures to the workers.     

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