Mock Test of Economic Unit II 3 for STGT
Marks-100 Time-50 Minute
Chung Sajak
1. Q: What is employment?
a) Unpaid work
b) Engagement in work to earn a livelihood
c) Leisure activity
d) Volunteering
2. Q: What is unemployment?
a) Lack of desire to work
b) When people willing to work cannot find jobs
c) Working part-time
d) Working in agriculture
3. Q: Name the two main types of workers in India.
a) Farmers and laborers
b) Skilled and unskilled workers
c) Self-employed and hired workers
d) Permanent and temporary workers
4. Q: What is self-employment?
a) Working under a company
b) Working independently or running your own business
c) Freelance work only
d) Temporary work
5. Q: Which of the following are self-employed?
a) Factory workers
b) Office staff
c) Farmers, shopkeepers, artisans
d) Government employees
6. Q: What are hired workers?
a) People working for themselves
b) People employed by an employer for wages or salary
c) People doing unpaid work
d) Volunteers
7. Q: Examples of hired workers include:
a) Farmers and artisans
b) Shopkeepers
c) Factory workers, office staff, service employees
d) Freelancers
8. Q: What is informal employment?
a) Jobs with contracts
b) Jobs without contracts or social security
c) Government jobs
d) IT jobs
9. Q: A feature of informal jobs is:
a) High pay and stability
b) Low wages and job insecurity
c) Fixed working hours
d) Pension benefits
10. Q: Formal employment is characterized by:
a) Irregular pay
b) No benefits
c) Contracts, regular pay, and benefits
d) Seasonal work
11. Q: Disguised unemployment is:
a) Temporary unemployment
b) More people employed than actually needed
c) Part-time work
d) Seasonal work
12. Q: Example of disguised unemployment:
a) IT professionals
b) Agricultural workers in small farms
c) Factory workers
d) Teachers
13. Q: Seasonal unemployment occurs when:
a) Jobs are permanent
b) Jobs are available only during certain seasons
c) Skills mismatch exists
d) Jobs require high education
14. Q: Example of seasonal unemployment:
a) IT jobs
b) Farming or tourism work
c) Government jobs
d) Factory work
15. Q: Structural unemployment occurs due to:
a) Temporary job changes
b) Mismatch of skills and available jobs
c) Seasonal factors
d) Part-time jobs
16. Q: Frictional unemployment is:
a) Long-term unemployment
b) Temporary unemployment while changing jobs
c) Seasonal unemployment
d) Disguised unemployment
17. Q: Which sector employs the most people in India?
a) Industry
b) Services
c) Agriculture
d) IT
18. Q: Which sector is growing fastest in employment?
a) Agriculture
b) Industry
c) Services sector
d) Mining
19. Q: The three main employment sectors are:
a) Agriculture, trade, construction
b) Agriculture, industry, services
c) Industry, IT, banking
d) Manufacturing, IT, transport
20. Q: Gig employment refers to:
a) Full-time government jobs
b) Part-time, freelance, or contract-based jobs
c) Agricultural work
d) Factory work
21. Q: What has influenced employment growth in India?
a) Economic reforms and urbanization
b) Decrease in population
c) Increase in poverty
d) Natural disasters
22. Q: Which year marked major economic reforms in India?
a) 1980
b) 1991
c) 2000
d) 2010
23. Q: Employment has shifted over time from:
a) Services to agriculture
b) Agriculture to industry and services
c) Industry to agriculture
d) IT to agriculture
24. Q: Urbanization’s effect on employment is:
a) Reduces job opportunities
b) Creates more urban job opportunities
c) Only affects agriculture
d) No effect
25. Q: Role of IT in employment:
a) Reduces jobs
b) Provides skilled jobs in software and services
c) Only affects agriculture
d) Creates seasonal jobs
26. Q: A challenge of modern employment is:
a) Permanent security
b) Job insecurity in informal sector
c) Guaranteed wages
d) Fixed hours
27. Q: Which sector’s share in GDP is declining?
a) Agriculture
b) Industry
c) Services
d) IT
28. Q: Globalization has created:
a) Only informal jobs
b) Only formal jobs
c) Both formal and informal sector jobs
d) No jobs
29. Q: Which sector provides employment to rural poor?
a) IT
b) Agriculture
c) Banking
d) Transport
30. Q: Which sector provides employment to urban youth?
a) Agriculture
b) IT and services sector
c) Mining
d) Manufacturing
31. Q: Employment trend in manufacturing is:
a) Declining rapidly
b) Gradually increasing, but less than services
c) Higher than services
d) Only in rural areas
32. Q: How has technology affected employment?
a) Created only traditional jobs
b) Reduced some traditional jobs and created new jobs
c) No effect
d) Eliminated all low-skill jobs
33. Q: Which sector has high informalization?
a) IT
b) Construction and small-scale services
c) Banking
d) Government
34. Q: Impact of informalization includes:
a) High pay
b) Job security
c) Low wages, lack of benefits, job insecurity
d) Permanent contracts
35. Q: Main problem in rural employment is:
a) High salaries
b) Low wages and seasonal work
c) Permanent jobs
d) Urban migration
36. Q: Sector known for self-employment is:
a) IT
b) Agriculture and small businesses
c) Manufacturing
d) Banking
37. Q: Type of employment common in cities is:
a) Service sector and formal employment
b) Agriculture
c) Mining
d) Handicrafts
38. Q: Sector facing jobless growth in some regions is:
a) IT
b) Manufacturing
c) Agriculture
d) Construction
39. Q: How does education influence employment?
a) Reduces chances of jobs
b) Higher education increases chances of skilled jobs
c) Only affects agriculture
d) No effect
40. Q: What is underemployment?
a) Working more than desired
b) Working less than one’s potential or desired hours
c) Full-time work
d) Freelance work
41. Q: Which type of workers lacks social security?
a) Hired workers
b) Informal workers
c) Self-employed workers
d) Government employees
42. Q: Name an informal job in urban areas.
a) IT professional
b) Domestic workers
c) Bank employee
d) Teacher
43. Q: Name an informal job in rural areas.
a) Casual agricultural laborers
b) Factory supervisor
c) Shop manager
d) IT worker
44. Q: Why has informalisation increased?
a) Decrease in population
b) Globalization and labor market flexibility
c) Industrialization only
d) Urban migration
45. Q: Disadvantage of self-employment is:
a) Fixed salary
b) Income uncertainty
c) Job security
d) Benefits
46. Q: Disadvantage of hired informal jobs is:
a) High pay
b) No contract or job security
c) Social security benefits
d) Fixed working hours
47. Q: Which sector employs the most women in India?
a) IT
b) Manufacturing
c) Agriculture
d) Services
48. Q: Gender issue in employment is:
a) Women get higher wages
b) Women often face lower wages and fewer opportunities
c) Men face fewer jobs
d) Equal employment for both genders
49. Q: Name a government scheme for rural employment.
a) PMKVY
b) NULM
c) MGNREGA
d) Skill India Mission
50. Q: What does MGNREGA guarantee?
a) Free education
b) 100 days of wage employment per year
c) Health insurance
d) Microfinance loans
51. Q: Name a government scheme for urban employment.
a) MGNREGA
b) NULM (National Urban Livelihoods Mission)
c) PMKVY
d) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Yojana
52. Q: Purpose of skill development programs is:
a) Only to create self-employment
b) To train youth for market-relevant jobs
c) To provide pensions
d) Only for rural areas
53. Q: Name a skill development scheme.
a) MGNREGA
b) PMKVY
c) NULM
d) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Yojana
54. Q: Role of MSMEs in employment is:
a) Reduce rural jobs
b) Promote self-employment and entrepreneurship
c) Only IT jobs
d) Only government jobs
55. Q: Examples of MSME jobs are:
a) Factory manager
b) Small manufacturing units and retail shops
c) IT software developer
d) Bank officer
56. Q: Sector with high youth unemployment is:
a) Agriculture
b) IT and service sector (sometimes)
c) Manufacturing only
d) Construction
57. Q: Jobless growth means:
a) Jobs increase rapidly
b) Economic growth without creation of sufficient jobs
c) Growth only in rural areas
d) Growth with high wages
58. Q: Role of foreign investment in employment is:
a) Reduces jobs
b) Expands industrial jobs
c) Only affects agriculture
d) Creates seasonal jobs
59. Q: How do infrastructure projects help employment?
a) Only in IT
b) Create construction and related jobs
c) Reduce rural employment
d) Only in agriculture
60. Q: Challenge for educated youth is:
a) Overemployment
b) Skill mismatch with available jobs
c) Too many rural jobs
d) No urban jobs
61. Q: Name a rural employment guarantee program.
a) NULM
b) MGNREGA
c) PMKVY
d) Skill India Mission
62. Q: Name an urban livelihood scheme.
a) MGNREGA
b) NULM
c) PMKVY
d) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
63. Q: What does PMKVY stand for?
a) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
b) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Vikas Yojana
c) Pradhan Mantri Kamgar Vikas Yojana
d) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Vikas Yojana
64. Q: Purpose of PMKVY is:
a) Free food
b) Skill training and certification
c) Jobless growth
d) Health insurance
65. Q: Aim of Skill India Mission is:
a) Build roads
b) Train youth in employable skills
c) Provide pensions
d) Only rural development
66. Q: Importance of MSMEs is:
a) Job creation and self-employment
b) Only export promotion
c) Only large-scale industries
d) IT training
67. Q: Name a sector promoted by government for jobs.
a) IT only
b) Manufacturing and services
c) Agriculture only
d) Mining only
68. Q: How do government schemes help women?
a) Provide loans only
b) Provide skill training and employment opportunities
c) Reduce jobs
d) Only rural support
69. Q: How is unemployment monitored?
a) Census only
b) Through periodic labor surveys
c) Skill training programs
d) Government schemes
70. Q: Name a government program for rural artisans.
a) PMKVY
b) Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
c) MGNREGA
d) NULM
71. Q: What is the impact of digital economy on employment?
a) Reduces all jobs
b) Creates jobs in IT, e-commerce, and gig work
c) Only affects agriculture
d) No impact
72. Q: Main challenges in government employment schemes are:
a) Unlimited funding
b) Implementation delays and fund shortages
c) High wages
d) Full employment
73. Q: Employment problem due to population growth is:
a) Reduced workforce
b) High competition for jobs
c) More job opportunities
d) No effect
74. Q: Role of vocational training is:
a) Prepare youth for industry-specific jobs
b) Provide free education
c) Reduce GDP
d) Only for agriculture
75. Q: Employment impact of rural-urban migration is:
a) Reduced urban jobs
b) Increased urban job demand and informal employment
c) More rural jobs
d) No effect
76. Q: Sector with low absorption of educated youth is:
a) IT
b) Manufacturing in some regions
c) Services
d) Agriculture
77. Q: How does government support entrepreneurs?
a) Reduce jobs
b) Financial aid, training, and credit facilities
c) Only provide loans to big companies
d) Restrict startups
78. Q: Main objective of employment generation programs is:
a) Increase unemployment
b) Reduce unemployment and poverty
c) Reduce wages
d) Increase informal jobs
79. Q: Age group facing highest unemployment is:
a) Children
b) Youth (15–29 years)
c) Middle-aged workers
d) Senior citizens
80. Q: Role of public works programs is:
a) Reduce employment
b) Provide temporary jobs and infrastructure
c) Only benefit industry
d) Only rural development
81. Q: What is informalisation?
a) Increase in informal jobs without security
b) Full-time permanent jobs
c) Jobs only in IT
d) Reduction in employment
82. Q: Sector with high informal employment is:
a) IT
b) Construction
c) Banking
d) Government services
83. Q: Effect of informalisation on workers is:
a) High wages
b) Low wages
c) Full benefits
d) Job security
84. Q: Effect of informalisation on economy is:
a) Increased tax revenue
b) Less tax revenue and social protection
c) More formal employment
d) Full employment
85. Q: Challenge for rural employment is:
a) Permanent jobs
b) Seasonal work and low wages
c) High urban competition
d) Excess IT jobs
86. Q: Challenge for urban employment is:
a) Seasonal agriculture
b) Competition and informal sector jobs
c) Low literacy
d) Reduced industry
87. Q: Sector with more formal jobs is:
a) IT and organized services
b) Agriculture
c) Construction
d) Informal retail
88. Q: What is employment elasticity?
a) Job creation relative to GDP growth
b) Total population
c) Average wage
d) Skill mismatch
89. Q: Cause of structural unemployment is:
a) Seasonal jobs
b) Skill mismatch
c) Temporary jobs
d) Informalisation
90. Q: Cause of seasonal unemployment is:
a) Manufacturing jobs
b) Agriculture or tourism seasons
c) IT sector jobs
d) Public works
91. Q: What is underemployment?
a) Working more than desired
b) Working less than desired or skilled level
c) Full-time work
d) Freelance work
92. Q: Program to support self-employed youth is:
a) PMKVY
b) Stand-Up India Scheme
c) MGNREGA
d) NULM
93. Q: Impact of economic slowdown on employment is:
a) More jobs
b) Fewer jobs and layoffs
c) Higher wages
d) Reduced population
94. Q: How do foreign companies help employment?
a) Reduce domestic jobs
b) Expand industries and hire workers
c) Only invest in agriculture
d) Only hire skilled youth abroad
95. Q: Challenge in women’s employment is:
a) High wages
b) Wage gap and fewer opportunities
c) Equal opportunities
d) Overemployment
96. Q: What is informal hired work?
a) Jobs with contracts
b) Jobs without contracts or benefits
c) IT jobs
d) Permanent government jobs
97. Q: Key objective of employment policies is:
a) Increase informal jobs
b) Reduce poverty and inequality
c) Reduce wages
d) Increase competition
98. Q: Name a modern employment trend.
a) Agriculture jobs
b) Gig economy and freelance jobs
c) Factory jobs only
d) Seasonal rural work
99. Q: Long-term solution to unemployment is:
a) Jobless growth
b) Skill development and industrial growth
c) Only government schemes
d) Migration
100. Q: Main employment challenge in India today is:
a) High wages
b) Informalisation, unemployment, and underemployment
c) Excess government jobs
d) Only agriculture jobs
