Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Many people in rural areas do not go out and ask for a job but stay home when there is no work.
Statement II: People looking for jobs through newspapers, friends and employment exchanges are said to be in disguised unemployment.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement I: Many people in rural areas do not go out and ask for a job but stay home when there is no work. — Correct. This is one way rural people face unemployment.
Statement II: People looking for jobs through newspapers, friends and employment exchanges are said to be in disguised unemployment. — Incorrect. People openly looking for jobs are in open unemployment. Disguised unemployment means more people work on a farm than it needs.
NCERT (2026-27): “6.8 Unemployment You might have seen people looking for jobs in newspapers. Some look for a job through friends and relatives. In many cities, you might find people standing in some select areas looking for people to employ them for that day’s work. Some go to factories and offices and give their bio-data and ask whether there is any vacancy in their factory or office. Many in the rural areas do not go out and ask for a job but stay home when there is no work. Some go to employment exchanges and register themselves for vacancies notified through employment exchanges. …” “… The situation described in the first paragraph of this section is called open unemployment. Economists call unemployment prevailing in Indian farms as disguised unemployment. …” |