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Sectors of an economy - IX

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is NOT part of the primary sector of the economy
a)
Mining
b)
Forestry
c)
Retail
d)
Fishing
2.
This is NOT part of the secondary sector
a)
Energy Industries
b)
Construction
c)
Base industries
d)
Transport
3.
This is NOT part of the secondary sector
a)
Trade
b)
Construction
c)
Consumer goods industries
d)
Capital goods industries
4.
This is NOT part of the tertiary sector
a)
Transport
b)
Construction
c)
Trade
d)
Education
5.
This is NOT part of the tertiary sector
a)
Administration
b)
Education
c)
Healthcare
d)
Fishing
6.
The cottage industry system involved manufacturing - 
a)
of hand made luxury goods
b)
in the home
c)
steam engines and other cottage -sized macines
d)
cheese and pastries
7.
Fishing, Mining, Farming, and Forestry are examples of what economic activity?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Teritiary
d)
Quaternary 
8.
Milling lumber into plywood is an example of what economic activity?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary 
9.
Which economic activity would intellectual occupations which are advanced and specialized such as thinking, research and developing new ideas fall under?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
10.
Which following businesses would you classify as being in the secondary sector of industry?
a)
An oil exploration company
b)
A family run farm business
c)
A taxi operating business
d)
A shoe manufacturer
11.

Land productivity is an indicator of

a)

Agricultural productivity

b)

Industrial productivity

12.

Inadequate irrigation facilities is not a reason for low productivity in agriculture

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Industrialisation implies

a)

Capital investment on a large scale

b)

Division of labour

c)

Utilisation of power, machinery and modern techniques of prodn

d)

All of the above

e)

Option 1and 3

14.

Ratio of output to input

a)

Production

b)

Productivity

c)

Industrialisation

d)

National income

15.

Urbanisation is an indicator of

a)

Industrialisation

b)

Agricultural development

16.

Services that help in the process of production and distribution of goods are called

a)

Productive services

b)

Consumer services

17.

Services like transport of passengers that will satisfy human wants are called

a)

Productive services

b)

Consumer services

18.
Sarah owns a dairy farm. She has three dozens cows that she has to feed and care for. Every day she milks the cows and sells milk to the supermarkets all over her state. Sarah works in a _______________ community.
a)
rural
b)
suburban
c)
urban
d)
busy
19.
When Greg goes to work, he cleans the window on tall skyscrapers. His job is not meant for people who are afraid of high places! Greg works in a _______ community. 
a)
urban
b)
suburban
c)
rural
d)
farming
20.

Tourism, hospitals and banking are all examples of which industry?

a)

tertiary

b)

primary

c)

secondary

21.

Seasonal employment and disguised unemployment exists in

a)

Urban sector

b)

Rural sector

22.

Density of population is higher in the

a)

Rural sector

b)

Urban sector

23.

Infrastructural facilities are under developed in the

a)

Rural sector

b)

Urban sector

24.

Greater dependence on secondary and tertiary activities is in the

a)

Rural sector

b)

Urban sector

25.

Dominance of agricultural income in the total income is in the

a)

Rural sectot

b)

Urban sector