Match List-I (person) with List-II (status):List-IList-II(A) Owner of…

Match List-I (person) with List-II (status):

List-I	List-II
(A) Owner of a cement shop	(I) Regular salaried employee
(B) A worker paid by the day at a brick kiln	(II) Openly unemployed
(C) Cashier in a public sector bank	(III) Self-employed
(D) A graduate who registers with an employment exchange and has no job	(IV) Casual wage labourer

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

A worker’s status depends on who owns the enterprise and how the worker is paid.

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Owner of a cement shop	(III) Self-employed	He owns and operates his own enterprise.
(B) A worker paid by the day at a brick kiln	(IV) Casual wage labourer	He works in someone else’s enterprise and is paid by a daily work contract.
(C) Cashier in a public sector bank	(I) Regular salaried employee	She gets a salary on a regular basis.
(D) A graduate who registers with an employment exchange and has no job	(II) Openly unemployed	He has no work and is seeking it through an employment exchange.

NCERT (2026-27): “6.4 Self-employed and Hired Workers … Let us take three workers from the construction industry — a cement shop owner, a construction worker and a civil engineer of a construction company. Since the status of each one of them is different from another, they are also called differently. Workers who own and operate an enterprise to earn their livelihood are known as self-employed. Thus the cement shop owner is self-employed. About 58 per cent workforce in India belongs to this category. The construction workers are known as casual wage labourers; they account for about 20 per cent of India’s workforce. Such labourers are casually engaged in others’ farms and, in return, get a remuneration for the work done. Workers like the civil engineer working in the construction company account for 22 per cent of India’s workforce. When a worker is engaged by someone or an enterprise and paid his or her wages on a regular basis, they are known as regular salaried employees (see table 6.3).”

Glossary: “Casual Wage Labourer – A person who is casually engaged in others’ farm or non-farm enterprises and, in return, receives wages according to the terms of the daily or periodic work contract.”