poverty & unemployment section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6 [HPPSC (Pre) 2016]

In India, life expectancy is

a) 75.5 years

b) 65.3 years

c) 68.8 years

d) 71.2 years

Question : 7 [CDS-2016-I]

Which of the following statements is / are true with respect to Phillips curve?

1. It shows the trade - off between unemployment and inflation
2. The downward sloping curve of Phillips curve is generally held to be valid only in the short run.
3. In the long run , Phillips Curve is usually thought to be horizontal at the non accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU)

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 1 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 8 [UPPCS (Pre) 2014]

The concept of ‘Vicious Circle of Poverty’ is related to

a) Adam Smith

b) None of these

c) Karl Marx

d) Nurkse

Question : 9 [UPPCS (Mains) 2012]

India is at which of following stages of Demographic Transition?

a) Reduction in birth rate but the reduction in death rate is higher than reduction in birth rate

b) Reduction in mortality rate while birth rate continues to be high

c) Population level stabilises with number of births and deaths being low and equal

d) Birth rates and death rates are both low

Question : 10

When the productive capacity of the economic systems of a state is inadequate to create sufficient number of jobs, it is called

a) seasonal unemployment

b) disguised unemployment

c) structural unemployment

d) cyclical unemployment