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upsc-p1-economy-employment-labour MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 4 upsc-p1-economy-employment-labour questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1With reference to informality in employment, consider the following statements: 1. Informal sector and informal employment use the enterprise and the worker-job relationship, respectively, as their main units of analysis. 2. Informal employment cannot exist inside an organised enterprise. 3. Enterprise registration alone does not establish that every worker has a written contract, paid leave or social-security coverage. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The informal sector classifies the enterprise or production unit, while informal employment classifies the worker's job relationship. A registered or organised enterprise may still employ workers without contracts, paid leave or social security, making statement 2 incorrect.
Q2Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. List I (Labour code) 1. Code on Wages, 2019 2. Industrial Relations Code, 2020 3. Code on Social Security, 2020 4. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 List II (Distinctive field) a. Migrant and contract labour, safety and working conditions b. Provident fund, gratuity, gig and platform workers c. Trade unions, standing orders and industrial disputes d. Minimum wages, timely wage payment and bonus
The Code on Wages covers minimum wages, payment and bonus; the Industrial Relations Code covers unions, standing orders and disputes; the Social Security Code covers provident fund, gratuity and gig and platform workers; and the occupational-safety code covers safety, working conditions, migrants and contract labour. Thus option C gives the correct matching.
Q3For analytical classification, arrange the following groups from the broadest to the narrowest: 1. Employed persons in informal employment 2. Total population 3. Labour force 4. Workforce Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The total population is the broadest group. The labour force is the part of the population that is working, seeking work or available for work. The workforce contains only employed persons within the labour force, and persons in informal employment form a subset of the employed workforce. Hence the order is 2-3-4-1, shown in option D.
Q4With reference to employment indicators, consider the following statements: 1. The labour force includes persons who are working, seeking work or available for work. 2. The Worker Population Ratio measures unemployed persons as a share of the labour force. 3. A rise in the Labour Force Participation Rate can coexist with a rise in the unemployment rate. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The labour force contains employed persons as well as persons seeking or available for work. The Worker Population Ratio is the employed share of the population, whereas the unemployment rate uses the labour force as its denominator. If participation grows faster than employment, both participation and unemployment can rise.
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