Indian Economic Development

Employment

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Identify the casual worker from amongst the following alternatives :

Santu, who works on the farm of Sohan as he doesn't own land of his own.

Raghav, who owns a restaurant in a city.

Angad who is a lawyer running, his own firm.

Radha, who is a nurse working in a hospital.

✅ Correct Option: 1

A casual worker is one who is hired on a day-to-day basis with no job security or regular wage. Santu, a landless labourer working on someone else's farm, fits this description. The others are self-employed or regular salaried workers.

2026: 21 May Shift 1

What do you mean by disguised unemployment in a sector?

2022: 30 Aug Shift 2

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, promises _______ days of guaranteed wage employment.

2022: 16 July Shift 2

Put the following schemes chronologically:

A. Start of Jan Dhan Yojana

B. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

C. Study group formed by the Planning Commission to estimate the number of poor in India

D. Task force on projection of minimum needs and effective consumption demand

E. Food for work programme was launched

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

2023: 29 May Shift 2

In what ways labour laws enable the workers to protect their rights.

A. Providing more holidays

B. Protection of wages

C. Providing unemployment allowances

D. Redress of grievances (compensation for loss)

E. Right to organise and form trade unions

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2022: 16 July Shift 2

Match List I with List II

LIST I (Employment Condition)	LIST II (Reference)
A. People can work at going rate of pay, yet they are unable to find employment in economy.	I. Informalisation of workforce
B. More people are engaged in work than are really needed	II. Open unemployment
C. Increase in proportion of workforce in informal sector to total workforce	III. Unemployed people
D. Labour force-work force	IV. Disguised unemployment

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 21 May Shift 2

How to measure the worker-population ratio?

Identify the casual worker from amongst the following alternatives :

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