Indian Economic Development

Employment

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Which of the following are the sources of data on employment?

(A) National Statistical Office's Reports of Employment and Unemployment Situation.

(B) World Trade Organization.

(C) Annual Reports of Periodic Labour Force Survey.

(D) Directorate General of Employment and Training data of Registration with Employment Exchanges.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C) and (D) only

(A), (B) and (D) only

(A), (B), (C) and (D)

(B), (C) and (D) only

✅ Correct Option: 1

Employment and unemployment data in India come from the NSO's Reports of Employment and Unemployment Situation, the Annual Reports of the Periodic Labour Force Survey, and DGET data on registrations with employment exchanges. The WTO deals with trade, not employment statistics. Hence (A), (C) and (D) only.

2026: 21 May Shift 2

All the working persons engaged in economic activities can be classified into:

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:

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: 15 July Shift 2

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

A. Primary sector is still the major source of employment in India.

B. All the public sector establishment and those private sector establishment are called formal sector.

C. Majority of Indian work force is employed in the informal sector.

D. Majority of Indian work force is regular salaried.

E. Growth of employment has decelerated.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2022: 30 Aug Shift 2

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

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Process of moving from self-employment and regular salaried employment to casual wage work is referred as:

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