Country X has a worker-population ratio of 55 and Country Y has a worker-population ratio of 30. Which of the following is correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → In Country Y, about 70 of every 100 persons are not directly engaged in economic activities
A ratio of 30 means 30 of every 100 persons work. So about 70 of every 100 are not directly engaged in economic activities.
Option (1) A larger part of Country X’s population stays out of economic activities than Country Y’s — Incorrect. X has the higher ratio, so a smaller part of its population stays out of economic activities.
Option (2) Workers in Country X have better working conditions than workers in Country Y — Incorrect. The ratio shows how many people work, not their working conditions.
Option (3) Country Y has fewer workers than Country X, since its worker-population ratio is lower — Incorrect. A ratio is a share of the population. Without the population of each country, the number of workers cannot be compared.
Option (4) In Country Y, about 70 of every 100 persons are not directly engaged in economic activities — Correct. 100 minus 30 gives 70 persons outside economic activities.
NCERT (2026-27): “6.3 Participation of People in Employment Worker-population ratio is an indicator which is used for analysing the employment situation in the country. This ratio is useful in knowing the proportion of population that is actively contributing to the production of goods and services of a country. If the ratio is higher, it means that the engagement of people is greater; if the ratio for a country is medium, or low, it means that a very high proportion of its population is not involved directly in economic activities. You might have already studied, in lower classes, the meaning of the term ‘population’. Population is defined as the total number of people who reside in a particular locality at a particular point of time. If you want to know the worker-population ratio for India, divide the total number of workers in India by the population in India and multiply it by 100, you will get the worker-population ratio for India. …” |