Sectors of Indian Economy

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product. What does it show? Pick up the correct statement given below

• It shows how big is the economy of a country in a given year in terms of its total output.

• It shows what the total product of a country in a given year without counting the country’s total resources.

• It shows the number of people involved in production in a particular year.

• It shows the total value of trade trans-actions of a country in a particular year.

Identify the natural product from the list of items given below:

• Textile

• Wheat flour

• Cotton

• Tomtao sauce

Which of the following examples does not fall under unorganized sector?

• A farmer irrigating his field.

• A daily wage labourer working for a contractor.

• A doctor in a hospital treating a patient.

• A handloom weaver working on a loom in her house.

NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005) has guaranteed ………. days of employment in a year in many districts of India. What are the correct number of days?

• 200

• 100

• 300

• 150

Choose one correct statement from the following:

Underemployment occurs —

• when people are not willing to work.

• when people are working slowly.

• when people are working less than what they are capable of doing.

• when people are not paid for their jobs

Which sector has emerged as the largest producing sector in India? Select one from the following alternatives:

• Secondary sector

• Tertiary sector

• Primary sector

• Science and Technology sector

Where will you find the disguised unemployment most? Select the correct option from those given below:

• (a) Among agricultural workers working for small farm lands

• (b) Among part-time industrial workers

• (c) In most of the government offices

• (d) In big private companies

How do big private companies contribute to the development of a nation?

• (a) By increasing the demands for their products through advertisements.

• (b) By increasing their profits.

• (c) By increasing productivity of the country in the manufacturing of industrial goods.

• (d) By providing private hospital facilities for the rich.

Communication and banking come under ……….. sector.

• Tertiary

• Primary

• government

• unsecure

Cotton cultivation falls under ……….. sector.

• Service sector

• Tertiary

• Primary

• Government