The number of persons who remained unemployed for a major part of the year is called:

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Usual status unemployment”.

Usual status unemployment refers to the number of persons who remain unemployed for a major part of the year, i.e., for at least 183 days or more. It is also known as chronic unemployment or long-term unemployment.

Usual status unemployment is measured by the National Sample Survey (NSS) in India, which conducts periodic surveys to estimate the unemployment rate in the country.

Daily status unemployment refers to the number of persons who were unemployed on each day of the survey week.

Weekly status unemployment refers to the number of persons who were unemployed for at least one day in the survey week.