Sectors of Indian Economy

At the initial stages of development, which one of the following sectors was the most important of economic activity?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

What is the secondary sector?

• Production of a good by exploiting natural resources

• Activities in which natural products are changed

  into other forms through ways of manufacturing

• Activities, by themselves, do not produce a good but they are an aid or support for the production process

• Mineral excavation

Which sector does the worker in given picture represents?

• Primary sector

• Secondary sector

• Tertiary sector

• None of these

Which of the following examples fall under an organised sector?

• A daily wage labourer working for a contractor

• An engineer getting all employment benefits

• A cleaning staff in a private school

• A tailor stitching clothes at his home

Arrange the following in the correct sequence:

(i) Transporting cloth to the workshops

(ii) Sale in shops and showrooms

(iii) Spinning the yarn

(iv) Weaving of the fabric

• (i), (iv). (iii), (ii)

• (iii). (iv). (i), (ii)

• (iv). (i), (ii), (iii)

• (iii), (iv). (ii), (i)

Sushila is a worker in garment export industry of Agra. She gets facilities like health insurance provident fund, overtime at a double rate, medical leave, etc. She is working in:

• tertiary sector

• organised sector

• unorganised sector

• None of these

A woman works at a sweet shop in her village on a contract basis and gets meagre salary after working the entire day. She doesn't get any holidays or paid leave, rather her employer deducts her salary whenever she is absent from work. Find out in which of the following sectors she is working?

• Primary sector

• Service sector

• Organised sector

• Unorganised sector

Read the information given below and identify the correct option:

Kamal works in rice mill. Jobs here are low paid and often not regular. There is no provision for overtime paid leave holidays, etc. Employment is not secure. People can be asked to leave without reason.

• Organised sector

• Unorganised sector

• Private sector

• Joint sector

Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow:

Madhav has no regular work. Sometimes, he earns a little with some part-time work. He also has no investment capability to use own skills to earn money. In which sector Madhav is engaged?

• Organised sector

• Unorganised sector

• Unorganised tertiary sector

• Joint sector

Which of the following is true with the reference to unorganised sector?

(i) It covers small and scattered units which are

largely outside the control of the government.

(ii) There are rules and regulations but these are not followed.

(iii) Workers are ill paid.

(iv) There is no provision for over time, paid leaves

holidays, etc.

a.

c.

b.

d.

• (i) and (ii)

• (iii) and (iv)

• (ii) and (iii)

• All of these