Samacheer Kalvi 9th Social Science Economics Solutions Chapter 2 Pdf
Tamilnadu Board Samacheer Kalvi 9th Social Science Economics Solutions Chapter 2: Tamilnadu State Board Solution Class 9 Social Science Economics Chapter 2 – Employment in India and Tamil Nadu.
Samacheer Kalvi 9th Social Science Economics Solutions Chapter 2: Overview
Board |
Samacheer Kalvi |
Class |
9 |
Subject |
Social Science (Economics) |
Chapter |
2 |
Chapter Name |
Employment in India and Tamil Nadu |
Samacheer Kalvi 9th Social Science Economics Solutions Chapter 2 Employment in India and Tamil Nadu
I.) Choose the correct answer
1.) We take age group 15-60 years for computation of the workforce.
a.) 12–60
b.) 15–60
c.) 21–65
d.) 5–14
2.) Which is the correct sequence of various sectors in GDP of India in the descending order?
a.) Primary sector, Secondary sector, Tertiary sector
b.) Primary sector, Tertiary sector, Secondary sector
c.) Tertiary sector, Secondary sector, Primary sector
d.) Secondary sector, Tertiary sector, Primary sector
Answer: Primary sector, Secondary sector, Tertiary sector
3.) Which one of the following sectors is the largest employer in India.
a.) Primary Sector
b.) Secondary Sector
c.) Tertiary Sector
d.) Public sector
Answer: Primary Sector
4.) Which one of the following is not in Primary Sector
a.) Agriculture
b.) Manufacturing
c.) Mining
d.) Fishery
Answer: Manufacture.
5.) Which one of the following is not in the Secondary Sector?
a.) Construction
b.) Manufacturing
c.) Small Scale Industry
d.) Forestry
Answer: Forestry.
6.) Tertiary Sector include/s
a.) Transport
b.) Insurance
c.) Banking
d.) All of these
Answer: All of these.
7.) Which sector is not included in the occupational pattern?
a.) Primary sector
b.) Secondary sector
c.) Tertiary sector
d.) Private sector
Answer: Private sector.
8.) Match the List I with List II using the codes given below:
I II
a.) Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Mining 1. Unorganised Sector
b.) Manufacturing, Electricity Gas and Water Supply 2. Service Sector
c.) Trade, Transport and Communication 3. Secondary Sector
d.) Unincorporated Enterprises and Household industries 4. Primary Sector
Answer: b. 4, 3, 2, 1.
9.) Which Delhi Sultan of medieval India formed ‘Employment Bureau’ to solve the unemployment problem.
a.) Muhamad Bin Tugluq
b.) Allauddin Khilji
c.) Feroz Shah Tugluq
d.) Balban
Answer: Feroz Shah Tugluq
10.) Organised sector is registered and follows government rules.
a.) Agriculture
b.) Organised
c.) Unorganised
d.) Private
11.) Organised sector provides job security and higher wages
a.) Public sector
b.) Organised sector
c.) Unorganised sector
d.) Private sector
12.) Find the odd one
a.) Banking
b.) Railways
c.) Insurance
d.) Small Scale Industry
Answer: Railways
13.) The sectors are classified into Public and Private sectors on the basis of ownership of enterprises.
a.) number of workers employed
b.) nature of economic activity
c.) ownership of enterprises
d.) employment conditions
14.) Assertion (A): The unorganised sector of the economy characterised by the household manufacturing activity and small-scale industry.
Reason (R): Jobs here are low paid and often not regular.
a.) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)
b.) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) does not explain (A)
c.) (A) is correct and (R) is false
d.) (A) is false and (R) is true
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)
15.) People who employ workers and pay rewards for their work is termed as Employer.
a) employee
b.) employer
c.) labour
d.) caretaker
16.) Agriculture continues to be the largest employer in Tamil Nadu.
a.) Agriculture
b.) Manufacturing
c.) Banking
d.) Small Scale Industry
II.) Fill in the blanks
1.) In unorganised sector, the employment terms are not fixed and regular.
2.) Economic activities are classified into Public and Private sectors.
3.) Employment has always featured as an important element of development policy in India.
4.) Employment pattern changes due to Life style of the people.
5.) The nature of employment in India is Multi dimensional.
6.) Labour Force of the economy is the number of people in the country, who work and also capable of working.
7.) Public sector means Government undertakings.
III.) Match the following:
Answers
1.) Public sector —Service motive
2.) Private sector — Profit motive
3.) Primary sector —Poultry
4.) Tertiary sector — Banking
IV.) Give Short answers:
1.) What is labour force of the economy?
Answer: Labour Force of the economy means the number of people in the country who work and also capable of working.
3.) What are the three sectors of an economy?
Answer: Primary sector comprises basic production like agriculture, forestry, mining, fishery etc. Secondary sector means production of goods like industries and third sector is tertiary sector also known as service sector.
4.) Agriculture, despite a sharp decline in Gross Domestic Product, continues to be the largest employer in Tamil Nadu. Give reason.
Answer: Even though a sharp decline in gross domestic product, agriculture continues to be the largest employer in Tamil Nadu and the reason of it is the non-agriculture sectors are not generating enough employment to affect a shift of labour force.
V.) Answer in detail:
1.) Explain: (a) primary sector; (b) secondary sector; (c)tertiary sector.
Answer: The structure of the employment shows the number of workers involved in these sectors of economy. The economy is classified in three sectors as below.
a) Primary sector: This sector is mainly agriculture sector. Agriculture related activities also part of it. Forestry, animal husbandry, poultry, dairy farming, fishing etc. are included in primary sector.
b) Secondary Sector: Secondary sector is mainly manufacturing; small, medium and large industries, infrastructural activities come in this sector.
c) Tertiary sectors: Tertiary sectors comprises transport insurance banking, trading, real estate, communication and services provided by governmental and non-governmental institutions.
2.) Explain the employment structure of India.
Answer: In India the nature of employment is multi-dimensional. Some people will get employment for whole year and some of them will get employment for few months of the year and as we know there are three sectors primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Some sectors provided employment for year. Structure shows the number of people engaged in the sectors of the economy. The pattern of occupation can vary from country to country. Most of the time the developing countries have large work force engaged in primary sector and few people were engaged in secondary and tertiary sectors. Employment is one of the important parts of the development policy in India. During the past four decades, since 1972 – 72, the employment growth has increased at an average 2% of rate.
3.) Compare the employment conditions prevailing in the organised and unorganised sectors.
Answer: Comparison the employment conditions prevailing in the organised and unorganised sectors
Organised Sector | Unorganised Sector |
This sector is incorporated with appropriate authority or government and follows rules and regulations. | This sector has not have any rules, guidelines or any such thing. |
Organised sector gives good salary, fixed working hours, paid holidays and provides medical allowance and insurance. | In unorganised sector people are low paid most of the time, no fixed working hours, no other entitlements or facilities provided to employee. |
4.) Distinguish between the Public sector and the Private sector.
Answer:
Public sector | Private sector |
Serving people is the motive | Making profit is the motive |
Government owns the assets | Private individuals own the assets |
Wages are paid by the government norm | Wages are paid by the owner of private enterprises. |