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CLASS : XII C & B

SUBJECT: ECONOMICS
CHAPTER NO & NAME OF THE CHAPTER: Ch- 7 (Employment)

Duration:16 Sep - 30 Sept 2023 Cycle No. 9

ASSIGNMENT NO. -9

Q1. Who is a worker?

Q2. Compared to urban women, more rural women are found working. Why?
Q3. What do you mean by hired workers?
Q4. Define economic activity? Explain its types.
Q5. What do you mean by work force participation ratio?
Q6. Define unemployment? How is unemployment rate calculated?
Q7. Write short notes on:- Rural unemployment and Urban unemployment
Q8. State the causes of unemployment in India?
Q9. Briefly explain National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 and also state its efforts?
Q10. Is it necessary to generate employment in the formal sector rather than in the informal
sector? Why?
Q11. Sam is able to get work only for two hours in a day. Rest of the day, he is looking for
work. Is he unemployed? Why? What kind of jobs could persons like Victor is doing?
Q12. How will you know whether a worker is working in the informal sector?
Q13. What are the three sources that collect data on unemployment?
Q14. Which of the following is false regarding disguised unemployment?
(a) The mounting pressure of population in rural areas with no alternative employment
(b) The marginal productivity of a worker is high
(c) A feature of the agrarian economy
(d) None
Q15. You are a factory owner and have given employment to 400 workers. If 10 workers are
dismissed by you without loss of production then this situation will be described as
a. structural unemployment
b. disguised unemployment
c. seasonal unemployment
d. casual unemployment