People who are not working owing to lack of work, but who seek work or say that they are willing and available for work under the prevailing conditions of work and pay, are in a state of:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Unemployment
This is the official definition of unemployment. A person without work is unemployed when he or she seeks work or is willing and available for it at the going wage.
Option (1) Disguised unemployment — Incorrect. Here people do have work, but more people work on a farm than are needed.
Option (2) Unemployment — Correct. Lack of work plus the wish to work.
Option (3) Casualisation — Incorrect. This is the move from self-employment and regular jobs to casual wage work.
Option (4) Informalisation — Incorrect. This is the growing share of workers in the informal sector.
NCERT (2026-27): Glossary: “Unemployment – A situation in which all those who, owing to lack of work, are not working but either seek work through employment exchanges, intermediaries, friends or relatives or by making applications to prospective employers or express their willingness or availability for work under the prevailing condition of work and remunerations.” |