Question:
What is seasonal unemployment?
Answer:
It is the situation in which an individual is not able to find a job during certain months of the year. This situation is called seasonal unemployment. e.g. Agricultural labourers find work only during the busy seasons, i.e., sowing, harvesting, weeding and threshing. This is because of the seasonal character of agriculture in India.
People as Resource
Q 1.
Define infant mortality rate (IMR)
Q 2.
What do you mean by the term unemployment?
Q 3.
List a few indicators which determine the quality of population?
Q 4.
Name the economic activities covered in the primary sector.
Q 5.
How is the investment in human resource is similar to any other type of investment?
Q 6.
Why is male literacy rate more than female literacy rate in India?
Q 7.
What is seasonal unemployment?
Q 8.
What do you mean by disguised unemployment? State an example.
Q 9.
What do you mean by market activities?
Q 10.
What are non-economic activities?
Q 11.
Which aspect of a large population has often be ignored or overlooked?
Q 12.
How can a large population be transformed into a productive asset? Name the country which has been invested in human resources.
Q 13.
What is 'People as Resource'?
Q 14.
How human capital contributes to Gross National Product by citing two examples?
Q 15.
What is the role of education in human capital formation?
Q 16.
Why is human resource considered to be the most important resource?
Q 17.
What is human capital formation?
Q 18.
List the two parts of economic activities.
Q 19.
What is human capital?
Q 20.
What do you understand by people as a resource?
Q 21.
Why are women employed in low paid work?
Q 22.
Name the factors on which quality of population depends.
Q 23.
How is human resource different from other resources like land and physical capital?
Q 24.
What is the difference between economic and non-economic activities?
Q 25.
When does population become asset rather a liability?
Q 26.
Define economic activities.
