AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
This imbalance points to disguised unemployment. It means more people are engaged in an activity than actually needed — e.g., if 5 people work on a farm that only needs 3, removing 2 causes no loss in output.
Examiners expect you to name the concept correctly and give a one-line definition plus a quick example. "Disguised unemployment" (also called hidden unemployment) is the textbook term for the situation where the marginal productivity of labour is zero — extra workers add nothing to output. The classic NCERT example is excess farm workers. Keep the example tight; one sentence is enough for 1 mark.