sectors of indian economy

Question 1

Q1. Name one type of classification of the economy?

A. Urban
B. Rural
C. Public/private
D. state/national

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Q2. Where are the employment and non-employment figures taken from to study the data?
A. Real-Time Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy.
B. National Statistical Office (NSO)
C. NITI Aayog
D. Statistics information Bureau

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Q3. What are the groups of classification of an economy called?

A. Sectors
B. Centers
C. Types
D. Categories

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Q4. When we produce a good by exploiting natural resources it is called……..?

A. Tertiary sector
B. Primary sector
C. Service sector
D. Public sector

Answer 4

B

Question 5

Q5. Which activities come under the agriculture and related sectors?

A. Dairy
B. Mineral excavation
C. using cotton fiber from the plant
D. Selling agricultural products in the market

Answer 5

A

Question 6

Q6. What is the secondary sector?

A. production of a good by exploiting natural resources
B. activities in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing
C. activities, by themselves, do not produce a good but they are an aid or support for the production process.
D. Mineral excavation

Answer 6

B

Question 7

Q7. Using sugarcane as raw material, we make sugar or gur, under what sector does this activity come?

A. Primary
B. Private
C. Industrial
D. Tertiary

Answer 7

C

Question 8

Q8. Those activities, by themselves, do not produce a good but they are an aid or support for the production process, are called……….?

A. Primary
B. Private
C. Industrial
D. Tertiary

Answer 8

D

Question 9

Q9. Name one functioning activity of the Tertiary sector?

A. goods that are produced would need to be transported by trucks or trains and then sold in wholesale and retail shops
B. this sector gradually became associated with the different kinds of industries
C. activities in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing
D. produce a good by exploiting natural resources

Answer 9

A

Question 10

Q10. Which sector is also called the service sector?

A. Primary
B. Public
C. Industrial
D. Tertiary

Answer 10

D

Question 11

Q11. The sum of production in the three sectors gives what is called the …………. of a country?

A. Gross income
B. Gross Domestic Product
C. Net Domestic Product
D. Net income

Answer 11

B

Question 12

Q12. The value of final goods and services produced in each sector during a particular year provides the………..

A. Average Production of the sector for that year
B. Net Production of the sector for that year
C. Total production of the sector for that year.
D. Gross production of the sector for that year

Answer 12

C

Question 13

Q13. ……………gradually became the most important in total production and employment?

A. Secondary sector
B. Tertiary sector
C. Public sector
D. Primary sector

Answer 13

A

Question 14

Q14. Which one is a primary occupation?

A. Tailor
B. Basket weaver
C. Flower cultivator
D. Milk vendor

Answer 14

C

Question 15

Q15. Not every good (or service) that is produced and sold needs to be counted. It makes sense only to include the ………… to get the total production?

A. values of goods and services in production
B. final goods and services
C. adding up the actual numbers of goods
D. goods and services in the three sectors

Answer 15

B

Question 16

Q16. Give an example of an intermediate good?

A. Woven basket
B. Chair production from wood
C. Wheat flour
D. Biscuits

Answer 16

C

Question 17

Q17. It has been noted from the histories of many, now developed, countries that at initial stages of development, …………. sector was the most important sector of economic activity.

A. Public
B. Tertiary
C. Secondary
D. Primary

Answer 17

D

Question 18

Q18. As the methods of farming changed and the agriculture sector began to prosper, most of the goods produced were ………….. from the primary sector and most people were also employed in this sector?

A. Synthetic products
B. Involved machines
C. Natural products
D. Mixed products

Answer 18

C

Question 19

Q19. Why did the Secondary sector later become the most important sector?

A. People began to use many more goods that were produced in factories at cheap rates
B. Employment increased
C. Agriculture declined
D. A & B

Answer 19

D

Question 20

Q20. In developed countries, the ………… sector has become the most important in terms of total production.

A. Primary
B. Industrial
C. Service
D. Public

Answer 20

C

Question 21

Q21. In the data given of GDP, which was the most productive sector in 1974?

A. Primary
B. Tertiary
C. Secondary
D. Equal production

Answer 21

A

Question 22

Q22. The primary sector is also called…….?

A. Service sector
B. Agriculture and related sector
C. Pre- industry sector
D. Unorganized sector

Answer 22

B

Question 23

Q23. In the data given of GDP which was the most productive sector in 2013-14?

A. Primary
B. Tertiary
C. Secondary
D. Equal production

Answer 23

B

Question 24

Q24.The secondary sector is also called……..?

A. Organised sector
B. Service sector
C. Industrial sector
D. Public sector

Answer 24

C

Question 25

Q25. Which sector has grown the most over forty years? A. Primary B. Tertiary C. Secondary D. Equal production

Answer 25

B

Question 26

Q26. Which of these can be considered as basic services? A. Growing of wheat B. Transport C. Storage D. Police station

Answer 26

D

Question 27

Q27. Greater the development of the primary and secondary sectors, ……... would be the demand for such services? A. Equal B. More C. Less D. Uneven

Answer 27

B

Question 28

Q28. When income levels rise, certain sections of people start demanding many more services like……….. A. More food B. Hospitals C. Defense D. Tourism

Answer 28

D

Question 29

Q29. Over the past decade or so, certain new services such as …………. have become important and essential? A. private hospitals B. professional training C. information and communication technology D. Insurance

Answer 29

C

Question 30

Q30. Underemployment is hidden in contrast to someone who does not have a job and is clearly visible as unemployed. It is also called ……………... A. Hidden employment B. Disguised unemployment. C. Unstable employment D. Less employment

Answer 30

B