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UPSC CDS Minerals & Industries — practice questions

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Marx used which term for the condition where workers do not enjoy work and do it only to survive?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1999-2000, nearly what share of Indian workers were in the primary sector?Read the answer and worked solution →In India, only about what share of workers are in regular salaried employment?Read the answer and worked solution →By one definition, the organised sector consists of units employing throughout the year at least:Read the answer and worked solution →In India, over what share of work is in the unorganised or informal sector?Read the answer and worked solution →Of Indians with secure jobs and benefits, what share work for the government?Read the answer and worked solution →One sociologist argued that a town has never had communal riots because its public sector steel plant employs people from all over India. The town is:Read the answer and worked solution →The first modern industries in India were cotton, jute, railways and:Read the answer and worked solution →After independence the government took over the commanding heights of the economy under which policy?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1991, large-scale industry employed only what share of the manufacturing workforce?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian drinks company, with turnover of Rs 250 crore, was bought by Coca Cola?Read the answer and worked solution →Selling government shares in public sector companies is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The first public sector company to be privatised, where 60 per cent of workers were forced to retire, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Adivasis make up approximately what share of people displaced by land acquisition for industry?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Kanpur textile mills, the jobbers who recruited workers were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Workers who substitute for regular permanent workers on leave are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Frederick Winslow Taylor invented Scientific Management in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Taylorism, workers were timed with the help of:Read the answer and worked solution →At Maruti Udyog, how many cars roll off the assembly line every minute?Read the answer and worked solution →Maruti workers get how many minutes of rest in the entire day?Read the answer and worked solution →Harry Braverman argued that the use of machinery actually:Read the answer and worked solution →Coal mines alone in India employ how many workers?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Taylorism featuresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the new industrial centresRead the answer and worked solution →Run the workforce sharesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the industry wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Organised or informalRead the answer and worked solution →Sort thinkers, policies and workplacesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industrial society bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Marx used which term for the condition where workers do not enjoy work and do it only to survive?

  1. Alienation
  2. Exploitation
  3. Bureaucracy
  4. Stratification
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Correct answer: A. Alienation

1. Industrial work is repetitive and exhausting. 2. Marx called this alienation. 3. Even so, it beats unemployment. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 5, Change and Development in Industrial Society._

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In 1999-2000, nearly what share of Indian workers were in the primary sector?

  1. 90 per cent
  2. 60 per cent
  3. 17 per cent
  4. 23 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 60 per cent

1. Primary means agriculture and mining. 2. Nearly 60 per cent worked there. 3. Yet agriculture's share of income had fallen sharply. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 5, Change and Development in Industrial Society._

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In India, only about what share of workers are in regular salaried employment?

  1. 14 per cent
  2. 50 per cent
  3. 30 per cent
  4. 90 per cent
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Correct answer: A. 14 per cent

1. Over half are self-employed. 2. About 14 per cent have regular salaries. 3. Some 30 per cent are casual labour. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 5, Change and Development in Industrial Society._

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