Labour
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Q. What do landless farm labourers work for?
- Wage
- Share of land
- Share of grain
- Nothing
Q.
Between 1880 and 1920 forests cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 million hectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. Discuss the role of the following factors in this decline: a) Railways b) Shipbuilding c) Agricultural expansion d) Commercial farming e) Tea/Coffee plantations f) Adivasis and other peasants users
Q. Land is a natural resource and it is fixed, whereas I am abundantly available in rural as well as urban areas of India. My use in farms is limited. Who am I?
- Land
- Labour
- Capital
- Entrepreneurship
Q. How do farm labourers get paid in villages?
- Cash
- Crops
- Cash and/or crops
- Gold
Q. Since there are no other means of employment, farmers are often forced to accept lower wages than the minimum wage set by the government.
- False
- True
Q. Assertion (A): The labourers do not even get sufficient wages for their work and remain poor.
Reason (R): Labour is the most abundant factor of production, but its use is limited.
Reason (R): Labour is the most abundant factor of production, but its use is limited.
- A is correct, but R is incorrect.
- A is incorrect, but R is correct.
- Both A and R are correct.
- Both A and R are incorrect.
Q. Which of the following is not an example of labour?
- Factory worker
- Engineer
- Scientist
- Shop owner
Q. Which of the following are reasons for the misery of farm labourers in India?
- Illiteracy
- Poor wages
- Abundance of availability
- Ignorance
Q. Assertion (A): The labourers do not even get sufficient wages for their work and remain poor.
Reason (R): Labour is the most abundant factor of production, but its use is limited.
Reason (R): Labour is the most abundant factor of production, but its use is limited.
- A is correct, but R is incorrect.
- A is incorrect, but R is correct.
- Both A and R are correct.
- Both A and R are incorrect.