Match each case with the kind of unemployment.

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Question 4

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Match each case with the kind of unemployment.

List I	List II
A. A graduate refuses jobs below ₹50,000 a month though such jobs exist	I. Frictional
B. A factory worker looks for work at the going wage but finds none in a slump	II. Voluntary
C. A software engineer is between leaving one job and joining the next	III. Disguised
D. A family of five does work that three could do on its small farm	IV. Involuntary

A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-IIICorrect answerYour answerA-II, B-I, C-III, D-IVCorrect answerYour answerA-I, B-II, C-IV, D-IIICorrect answerYour answerA-III, B-IV, C-I, D-IICorrect answerYour answer

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Correct answer: A

Refusing available jobs is voluntary; failing to find work at the going wage is involuntary.
Between jobs is frictional; extra hands adding nothing on a farm is disguised unemployment.

Concept: Kinds of unemployment
Typical timeTypical: 90 s
Your timeYours: —

The rule this testsFull employment and involuntary unemployment

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