Given below are two statements:
Statement I: If the worker-population ratio of a country is higher, the engagement of its people in economic activities is greater.
Statement II: Population is the total number of people who work in a particular locality at a particular point of time.
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: If the worker-population ratio of a country is higher, the engagement of its people in economic activities is greater. — Correct. A higher ratio means more of the people take part in production.
Statement II: Population is the total number of people who work in a particular locality at a particular point of time. — Incorrect. Population counts all people who reside in a place, not only those who work.
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. …” |