Question

Disguised unemployment in the agricultural sector of India exists due to the ______.

• A. dependence of agriculture on the monsoons
• B. abolition of zamindari
• C. heavy pressure of population on land
• D. absence of trade unions in the agriculture sector

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

heavy pressure of population on land

Dependency on agriculture is increasing day by day because of lack of alternative employment opportunities and burgeoning population resulting in disguised unemployment. In fact overcrowding and consequent pressure of population on land have led to the sub-division and fragmentation of holdings decline in area of land per capita and disguised employment in agriculture.