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Questions Related to quality of population

Current Weekly Status as per the Periodic Labor Force Survey has a reference period of _________.

  1. 1 day

  2. 1 week

  3. 1 month

  4. 1 year


Correct Option: B

If in a population of 1000 people, 400 people are in the labour force, 392 are employed,what is the unemployment rate?

  1. 2 percent

  2. 8 percent

  3. 6 percent

  4. 4 percent


Correct Option: A

___________ measures generally gives the lowest estimate of unemployment.

  1. Current weekly status

  2. Usual status

  3. Current daily status

  4. Current monthly status


Correct Option: B

______ measures gives the lowest estimate of unemployment for a poor economy.

  1. Usual Status

  2. Current Weekly Status

  3. Current Daily Status

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

Labour-Force Participation Rate (LFPR) equals _______________.

  1. number of persons in the Labor Force per 1000 persons of the Population

  2. number of persons employed per 1000 persons in the Labour-Force

  3. number of persons unemployed per 1000 persons in the Labor-Force

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A

If out of $100$ people in the labour force, $92$ are in the work force, the number of people unemployed is ______________.

  1. $8$

  2. $192$

  3. $100$

  4. $92$


Correct Option: A

The following table provides a breakup of a country's population (in Crores):

Children below the working age 18
Unemployed People looking for a job 9
Full-time Students (not looking for a job) 2
Retired People 14
Employed People 64
People confined to correctional institutions 1
Other Adults not in the labour force 7
Total Population 114

Based on the information in the Table,the Country's Unemployment Rate is -

  1. 7.0%

  2. 12.5%

  3. 20.2%

  4. 22.2%


Correct Option: A

There is always a Natural Rate of Unemployment in an economy due to ___________________.

  1. Frictional Changes

  2. Policies that encourage potential employees to reject job offers and discourage employers from offering appropriate wages

  3. Structural Changes

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D