9th Class Social Science People as Resource Question Bank

done Case Based (MCQs) - People as Resource Total Questions - 20

• question_answer1)

  Read the source and answer the following.

  Unemployment leads to wastage of manpower resource. People who are an asset for the economy turn into a liability. There is a feeling of hopelessness and despair among the youth. People do not have enough money to support their family. Inability of educated people who are willing to work to find gainful employment implies a great social waste.

  Unemployment tends to increase economic overload. The dependence of the unemployed on the working population increases. The quality of life of an individual as well as of society is adversely affected. When a family has to live on a bare subsistence level there is a general decline in its health status and rising withdrawal from the school system.

  Hence, unemployment has detrimental impact on the overall growth of an economy. Increase in unemployment is an indicator of a depressed economy. It also wastes the resource, which could have been gainfully employed. If people cannot be used as a resource they naturally appear as a liability to the economy.

  A person is not able to find work despite having skills he is termed as:

  A)
  Asset of the country. done clear
  B)
  Liability of the country done clear
  C)
  Unemployed person done clear
  D)
  Both (b) and (c) done clear
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• question_answer2)
  A person is a home-maker who has started a Tiffin service to deliver food to nearby offices. That person is
  A)
  an unemployed person     done clear
  B)
  an employed person done clear
  C)
  an entrepreneur done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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• question_answer3)
  From the above source, what do you understand by depressed economy?
  A)
  High economic growth done clear
  B)
  Low economic growth done clear
  C)
  Mild economic growth done clear
  D)
  Very high economic growth done clear
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• question_answer4)
   Unemployment is responsible for:
  A)
  Depressed economy of a nation done clear
  B)
  Wastes the resources done clear
  C)
  Make human capital as a liability for the country done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer5)

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  In case of India we have unemployment in rural and urban areas. However, the nature of unemployment differs in rural and urban areas. In case of rural areas, there is seasonal and disguised unemployment. Urban areas have mostly educated unemployment. Seasonal unemployment happens when people are not able to find jobs during some months of the year. People dependent upon agriculture usually face such kind of problem. There are certain busy seasons when sowing, harvesting, weeding and threshing is done.

  Certain months do not provide much work to the people dependent on agriculture.

  In case of disguised unemployment people appear to be employed. They have agricultural plot where they find work. This usually happens among family members engaged in agricultural activity. The work requires the service of five people but engages eight people. Three people are extra. These three people also work in the same plot as the others. The contribution made by the three extra people does not add to the contribution made by the five people.

  If three people are removed the productivity of the field will not decline. The field requires the service of five people and the three extra people are disguised unemployed.

  Suppose a farm labourer. After harvesting season you have no work to feed your family. You are facing which type of unemployment?

  A)
  Disguised unemployment done clear
  B)
  Seasonal unemployment done clear
  C)
  Educational unemployment done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer6)
  A person is a post-graduate student, who is unable to find work despite of having first class division in his course. The person is facing:
  A)
  Seasonal Unemployment done clear
  B)
  Educational Unemployment done clear
  C)
  Disguised Unemployment done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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• question_answer7)
  Seasonal and disguised unemployment are common phenomena in which of the following places?
  A)
  Rural areas done clear
  B)
  Urban areas done clear
  C)
  Semi-urban areas done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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• question_answer8)
  What can be done to reduce the unemployment rate in rural areas?
  A)
  To provide skill training to farm labourers and small farmers done clear
  B)
  To provide incentive to people who want to open a manufacturing unit. done clear
  C)
  To establish factories in the rural and nearby areas done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer9)

  Read the source and answer the following questions.

  Let us discuss about the employment scenario in the three sectors mentioned earlier. Agriculture, is the most labour absorbing sector of the economy. In recent years, there has been a decline in the dependence of population on agriculture partly because of disguised unemployment discussed earlier. Some of the surplus labour in agriculture has moved to either the secondary or the tertiary sector. In the secondary sector, small scale manufacturing is the most labour absorbing. In case of the tertiary sector, various new services are now appearing like biotechnology, information technology and so on.

  Agriculture is an example of which sector of economy?

  A)
  Primary done clear
  B)
  Secondary done clear
  C)
  Tertiary done clear
  D)
  Quaternary done clear
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• question_answer10)
  The other name of tertiary sector is
  A)
  Quarternary sector done clear
  B)
  Quinery sector done clear
  C)
  Service sector done clear
  D)
  Manufacturing sector done clear
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• question_answer11)
  What is the reason for decline in dependence of population of agriculture?
  A)
  It creates seasonal unemployment done clear
  B)
  It creates disguised unemployment done clear
  C)
  Most of the Indian farmers are unable to buy expensive modern inputs in order to increase their agricultural production done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer12)
  If you are working in the field of information technology, then you are absorbed in which sector?
  A)
  Tertiary sector done clear
  B)
  Manufacturing sector done clear
  C)
  Primary sector done clear
  D)
  Secondary sector done clear
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• question_answer13)

  Read the source and answer the following questions.

  Education and skill are the major determinants of the earning of any individual in the market. A majority of women have meagre education and low skill formation. Women are paid low compared to men. Most women work where job security is not there. Various activities relating to legal protection is meagre. Employment in this sector is characterised by irregular and low income. In this sector there is an absence of basic facilities like maternity leave, childcare and other social security systems. However, women with high education and skill formation are paid at par with the men. Among the organised sector, teaching and medicine attract them the most. Some women have entered administrative and other services including job, that need high levels of scientific and technological competence.

  The amount of earning by an individual can be determined through the ...... and ...... that he/she has.

  A)
  money, power done clear
  B)
  family, health done clear
  C)
  education, health done clear
  D)
  education, skill done clear
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• question_answer14)
  What can be done to improve the condition of unorganised sector?
  A)
  Set fixed number of hours for work. done clear
  B)
  Pay employees for extra-time duty. done clear
  C)
  Provide provident fund and health insurance to employees done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer15)
  In order to attract women to get employed, what should be provided to them?
  A)
  Social security done clear
  B)
  Equal wages done clear
  C)
  Maternity leave, childcare done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer16)
  Besides teaching, what is the other example of organised sector?
  A)
  Job in bank done clear
  B)
  Job in railways done clear
  C)
  Job in insurance industry done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer17)

  Read the source and answer the following questions.

  The various activities have been classified into three main sectors i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary sector includes agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishing poultry farming, mining and quarrying. Manufacturing is included in the secondary sector. Trade, transport communication banking, education, health, tourism, services, insurance etc. are included in the tertiary sector. The activities in this sector result in the production of goods and services. These activities add value to the national income. These activities are called economic activities. Economic activities have two parts i.e. market activities and non-market activities. Market activities involve remuneration to anyone who performs i.e. activity performed for pay or profit.

  These include production of goods or services, including government service.

  Non-market activities are the production for self-consumption.

  A country’s economy is based on which type of activities?

  A)
  Tertiary done clear
  B)
  Secondary done clear
  C)
  Primary done clear
  D)
  All of these done clear
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• question_answer18)
  Match list I and list II.            
  A)

  List I		List I
  A.	Poultry farming	1.	Secondary Activity
  B.	Communication	2.	Primary Activity
  C.	Making dinner for family	3.	Tertiary Activity
  D.	Construction	4.	Non-economic Activity

                Codes

  A-2

  B-3

  C-4

  D-1

  done clear
  B)

  A-3

  B-1

  C-2

  D-4

  done clear
  C)

  A-4

  B-2

  C-1

  D-3

  done clear
  D)

  A-1

  B-4

  C-3

  D-2

  done clear
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• question_answer19)
  Which among the following is a non-market activity?
  A)
  Farming in own farm. done clear
  B)
  Working in own factory. done clear
  C)
  Teaching own children. done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer20)
  Who among the following would get a remuneration for his/her work?
  A)
  A Teacher done clear
  B)
  A Rickshaw puller done clear
  C)
  A Homemaker done clear
  D)
  Both (a) and (b) done clear
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