Objective Questions:

Questions asked in Pre-boards and previous years boards

Q.1 Choose one correct statement from the following:

Underemployment occurs when people are:

a. Working less than what they are capable of doing.

b. working slowly.

c. not willing to work.

d. not paid for their jobs.

Answer: a. working less than what they are capable of doing.

Q.2 __________ is an activity of Tertiary Sector-

a. Banking

b. Mining

c. Weaving

d. Dairy Farming

Answer: a. Banking

Q.3 The sectors are classified into public and private sectors on the basis of

a. Ownership of enterprises

b. Employment conditions

c. Number of workers employed in the enterprise

d.The nature of economic activity.

Answer: a. Ownership of enterprises

Q.4 Kamal works in a rice mill. Jobs here are low paid and often not regular. There is no provision for overtime, paid leaves, holidays etc. Employment is not secure. People can be asked to leave without any reason.

Analyze the information given above, considering one of the following correct option:

a. Organized Sector

b. Government Sector

c. Unorganized Sector

d. Joint Sector

Answer: c. Unorganized Sector

Q.5 Which of the following examples does not fall under unorganized sector?

a. A farmer irrigating his field.

b. A daily wage laborer working for a contractor.

c. A doctor in a hospital treating a patient.

d. A hand-loom weaver working on a loom in her house.

Answer: c. A doctor in a hospital treating a patient.

Q.6 Which of the following is the correct option for classification on the basis of nature of activity?

a. Organized sector and Unorganized sector

b. Public sector and Private sector

c. Primary sector, Secondary sector and Tertiary sector

d. Agriculture-related sector and Industrial sector

Answer: c. Primary sector, Secondary sector and Tertiary sector

Q.7 In India the share of agriculture in GDP has declined at a very fast rate in the recent years. This is due to

a. Lack of diversification of rural economy

b. slow growth in the prices of agriculture commodities

c. saturation of employment opportunities in the agriculture sector.

d. very slow growth rate of agriculture and a fast rate of growth of other sectors.

Answer: d. very slow growth rate of agriculture and a fast rate of growth of other sectors.

Q.8 Which of the following is an activity related the unorganized sector?

a. An engineer drawing a rough sketch of a dam

b. A small or marginal farmer

c. A teacher giving lecture in a college

d. A doctor treating a patient in a hospital.

Answer: b. A small or marginal farmer

Q.9 If there is a disruption by transporters and lorries refuse to transport vegetables, milk etc. from rural areas to urban areas, food will become scarce in urban areas, whereas farmers will be unable to sell their products, Which of the following sectors will be affected due to this situation stated above?

a. Primary and Secondary

b. Secondary and Tertiary

c. Tertiary, Primary and Secondary

d. Tertiary and Primary.

Answer: c. Tertiary, Primary and Secondary

Q.10 Read the statements carefully and find out the incorrect option given below:

a. MGNREGA has been implemented in 625 districts of India.

b. MGNREGA guarantees 200 days of assured work to the people in need of it.

c. One-third of the jobs were reserved for women.

d. If the government fails to provide the work, the people are given unemployment allowances.

Answer: b. MGNREGA guarantees 200 days of assured work to the people in need of it.

Q.11 Read the information given below and select the correct option.

Kanta works in an office. She attends her office from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. She gets her salary regularly at the end of every month. In addition to the salary, she also gets provident fund as per the rule laid down by the government. She also gets medical and other allowances. Kanta does not go to office on Sundays. This is a paid holiday. When she joined work, she was given an appointment letter stating all the terms and conditions of work.

Like Kanta, people who work in the organised sector-

a. do not worry about medical benefits and pensions.

b. do not get security of employment.

c. do not get overtime.

d. are not sure about their paid leaves, medical benefits, etc.

Answer: a. do not worry about medical benefits and pensions.

Q.12 NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005) has guaranteed……… days of employment in a year in many districts of India. What are the correct number of days?

a. 200 days

b. 100 days

c. 30 days

d. 60 days

Answer: b. 100 days.

Q.13 Fill in the blank:

a. Nature of Employment activities

b. Nature of Social activities

c. Nature of Production activities

d. Nature of Political activities

Answer: a. Nature of Employment activities

Q.14 Which one of the following famous laws was enacted by the Government of India in October 2005?

a. The Right to Property Act

b. The Right to Education Act

c. The Consumer Protection Act

d. The Right to Information Act

Answer: d. The Right to Information Act

Q.15 Which of the following goods is a tertiary activity?

a. Education

b. Banking

c. Insurance

d. All of these

Answer: d. All of these

Q.16 GDP is the total value of?

a. all final goods

b. all goods and services

c. all final goods and services

d. all intermediate goods and final services.

Answer: c. all final goods and services

Q.17 How one can generate employment opportunities in urban areas?

a. Improve local and inter-city transportation facilities.

b. Increase reservations in jobs.

c. Increase vocational education.

d. Both and a and c

Answer: d. Both and a and c

Q.18 Which of the following profession belongs to the tertiary sector of economy?

a. Fisherman

b. Farmer

c. Factory worker

d. Teacher

Answer: d. Teacher

Q.19 What does GDP mean?

a. Gross Dairy Product

b. Green Domestic Product

c. Gross Daily Product

d. Gross Domestic Product

Answer: d. Gross Domestic Product

Q.20 The total production of a year in the three sectors is calculated from ____________.

a. the value of goods calculated separately at all stages of production in that sector.

b. the value of final goods produced in that sector.

c. the value of final goods and services produced in all the sector.

d. the value of final goods and services produced in the three sectors.

Answer: d. the value of final goods and services produced in the three sectors.

Q.21 Choose the incorrect option from the following:

Answer: c. Carpenter 3. Primary Sector

Q.22 Which of the following is the value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a particular year?

a. National Income

b. Gross Domestic Product

c. National Revenue

d. Net Domestic Product

Answer: b. Gross Domestic Product

Q.23 Activities that help in the development of Primary and Secondary sectors come under which one of the following sectors?

a. Primary

b. Secondary

c. Tertiary

d. Quaternary

Answer: c. Tertiary

Q.24 How can the government contribute to reducing underemployment in agriculture?

a. Investing in transportation and storage of crops

b. Encouraging farmers to grow fewer crops

c. Implementing stricter regulations on farming practices

d. Discouraging the construction of dams and canals

Answer: a. Investing in transportation and storage of crops

Q.25 What was implemented by the central government in India to address the need for short-term job measures?

a. Right to Education Act

b. Right to Work Act

c. Right to Health Act

d. Right to Employment Act

Answer: b. Right to Work Act

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