Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Economics

Question:

Biharilal lives in a village and earns his living from farming. Now, there are some days in the entire year when he has no work to do and sits ideal at his place. According to you, which type of unemployment can be witnessed in the above situation?

 

Options:

Educated unemployment

Seasonal unemployment

Disguised unemployment

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Seasonal unemployment

Explanation:

Seasonal unemployment happens when people are not able to find jobs during some months of the year. People dependant upon agriculture usually face such kind of problem. There are certain busy seasons when sowing, harvesting, weeding and threshing is done. Certain months do not provide much work to the people dependant on agriculture.