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Question 21. Disguised unemployment generally means
  1.    large number of people remain unemployed
  2.    marginal productivity of labour is zero
  3.    productivity of worker is low
  4.    alternative employment is not available
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> marginal productivity of labour is zero
Answer: (b)
Question 22. Which of the following is/are aim/ aims of ‘Digital India’ Plan of the Government of India?
  1. Formation of India’s own Internet companies like China did.
  2. Established a policy framework to encourage overseas multinational corporations that collect Big Data to build their large data centers within our national geographical boundaries.
  3. Connect many of our villages to the internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our schools, public places major tourist centres.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
  1.    Only 1 and 2
  2.    Only 2 and 3
  3.    1, 2 and 3
  4.    Only 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Only 3
Answer: (d)
Question 23. Consider the following countries :
  1. Brazil
  2. Mexico
  3. South Africa
According to UNCTAD, Which of the above is/are categorized as “Emerging Economies”
  1.    1 and 3 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    2 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3.
Answer: (d)Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization.
Question 24. Which one of the following age groups is eligible for enrolment under ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’?
  1.    6-14 years
  2.    5-14 years
  3.    5-15 years
  4.    6-15 years
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 6-14 years
Answer: (a)
Question 25. Consider the following statements:

  1. Inclusive is India’s most comprehensive financial inclusion index for measuring the progress of financial inclusion.

  2. Inclusix is developed by ICRA.

  3. It measures financial inclusion only on the two critical parameters of basic banking services–branch penetration and deposit penetration.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    2 and 3
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    1 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 only
Answer: (c)
CRISIL has developed “Inclusix” which is India’s most comprehensive financial inclusion index for measuring the progress of financial inclusion in the country, down to district level.
Inclusix Index measures financial inclusion on the three critical parameters of basic banking services–branch penetration, deposit penetration and credit penetration.
Question 26. The first computer made available kfor commercial use was :
  1.    UNIVAC
  2.    ENIAC
  3.    EDSAC
  4.    MANIAC
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> UNIVAC
Answer: (a)
The UNIVAC computer was the first commercially available computer invented by John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.
As well as being the first American commercial computer, the UNIVAC I was the first American computer designed at the outset for business and administrative use (i.e., for the fast execution of large numbers of relatively simple arithmetic and data transport operations, as opposed to the complex numerical calculations required by scientific computers).
As such the UNIVAC competed directly against punch-card machines (mainly made by IBM).
Question 27. ‘Take-off stage’ in an economy means
  1.    Economy is about to collapse.
  2.    Economy is stagnant.
  3.    All controls are removed.
  4.    Steady growth begins.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Steady growth begins.
Answer: (d)
Rostow’s ‘Stages of Economic Growth’ (1960) presented five stages through which all countries must pass to become developed:
traditional society,
preconditions to take-off,
take-off,
drive to maturity, and
age of high mass consumption.
Take-off is the short period of intensive growth, in which industrialization begins to occur, and workers and institutions become concentrated around a new industry.
Question 28. Consider the following statements regarding the “Periodic Labour Force Survey”:

  1. It is conducted quinquennially

  2. It is conducted for both rural and urban labour force

  3. It collects data for urban labour on a quarterly basis


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    (ii) only
  2.    (i) only
  3.    (i) & (ii) only
  4.    (ii) & (iii) only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> (ii) & (iii) only
Answer: (d)
Employment and Unemployment Surveys (EUS) conducted by NSSO were the primary source of labour market data at the National and State levels in India. Regular EUS were conducted quinquennially (after every five years) since 1972.
Considering the importance of the availability of labour force data at more frequent intervals, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation constituted a committee on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).
Now, National Statistics Office (NSO) is conducting PLFS to produce annual statistics of employment and unemployment characteristics for both rural and urban areas, along with quarterly estimates for urban areas. The first annual report based on the data collected in PLFS during July 2017- June 2018 was published in May 2019.
As per the PLFS 2017-18, 6.1% of India’s labour force are unemployed.
The PLFS was designed with two major objectives for the measurement of employment and unemployment.
The first was to measure the dynamics in labour force participation and employment status in the short time interval of three months for only the urban areas.
The second was for both rural and urban areas, to measure the labour force estimates on key parameters on an annual basis such as labour force participation rate, worker population ratio etc.
Question 29. 'Demographic Dividend' is estimated/calculated in terms of which of the following:
  1.    Working Age to Non-Working Age population ratio
  2.    Population
  3.    Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
  4.    Additional per capita income growth
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Additional per capita income growth
Answer: (d)
"Demographic Dividend" is the dividend/benefit that a country derives because of the demographic change and it is measured in terms of additional Per Capita Income Growth.
[Ref: Economic Survey 2016-17, Vol I, Page 33]
Question 30. Which of the following statements are true regarding “Labour Force Participation Rate”:
  1.    Number of persons employed as a percentage of labour force
  2.    Number of persons in the labour force as a percentage of working age population
  3.    Number of persons in the labour force as a percentage of population
  4.    Number of persons searching for job as a percentage of labour force
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Number of persons in the labour force as a percentage of working age population
Answer: (b)India’s labour force is around 50 crore which includes people who are employed or not employed but actively searching for job. Working age population is more than the labour force because a lot of persons may not be part of labour force but are in working age population for example house wives or a person taking a break from his job. Employment rate is defined as the number of people employed as a percentage of labour force. Labour force participation rate is defined as the number of persons in the labour force as a percentage of working age population.

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