Which of the following types of unemployment is found in India when people are employed for a certain period of a year in tourist resorts and various tourism-related activities in the mountain regions, but are unemployed in off-seasons?

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- Definition: Seasonal unemployment occurs when employment is available only during particular seasons, so workers are employed for part of the year and unemployed in off-seasons (e.g., employed for some months out of $12$).
- Match to scenario: The question describes workers in tourist resorts who work during the tourist season and are unemployed in the off-season — this is the textbook case of seasonal unemployment.
- Eliminate other options:
  1. Underemployment means working fewer hours than desired or in a job below one's skill level, not intermittent seasonal work.
  2. Disguised unemployment refers to surplus labour where some workers' removal doesn't reduce output (common in agriculture), not seasonal layoffs.
  3. Cyclical unemployment is caused by business-cycle downturns, not predictable seasonal demand.
- Conclusion: The correct choice is (1) Seasonal unemployment, which corresponds to option **a**.
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