Extra Q on Eco Ch-2 Sectors of the Indian Economy, Class X

1. When goods are produced by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of the .............
sector.
- (a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) None of the above
- Ans

2. ............. sector covers activities in which natural products are changed into other forms
through ways of manufacturing.
- (a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) None of the above
- Ans

3. Which of the following sectors is the largest employer in India ?

- (a) Primary Sector (b) Secondary Sector (c) Tertiary Sector (d) IT Sector
- Ans

4. What is MGNREGA ?
- (a) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. (b) National Regional Employment Guarantee Act.
(c) Nation's Rural Employment Guarantee Act. (d) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act.
- Ans.

5. On which of the following basis, the sectors are classified into public and private ?
- (a) Employment conditions (b) The nature of economic activity (c) Ownership of enterprises (d)
Number of workers employed in the enterprise
- Ans.

6. Which of the following is also known as disguised employment ?

- (a) Over employment (b) Factory employment (c) Under employment (d) Unemployment
- Ans

7. TISCO and Airtel are examples of:

- (a) Public Sector (b) Private Sector (c) Mixed Sector (d) All of the above
- Ans.

8. The value of all goods and services produced within a country in a particular year is called
its :
- (a) National Product (b) Net Domestic Product (c) Gross Domestic Product (d) None of these
- Ans.

9. Railway is an example of:

- (a) Private Sector (b) Public Sector (c) Secondary Sector (d) None of these
- Ans

10. Which of the following Acts would not apply to a company like TISCO ?
- (a) Minimum Wages Act (b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (c) Factories Act (d)
Payment of Gratuity Act
11. The motive of Private Sector enterprises is :
- (a) Profit making (b) Entertainment (c) Social welfare and security (d) None of these two
- Ans

12. Underemployment is a situation where people :

- (a) Do not want to work (b) Are not paid for their work (c) Are working in a lazy manner (d) Are
working less than what they are capable of doing.
- Ans. (d)

13. What will happen if the government fails to provide 100 days employment and MGNREGA?
- (a) No extra benefit will be given (b) The officer in charge will be punished (c) Unemployment
allowance will be given (d) Food grains will be provided
- Ans.(c)

14. Which of the following is True for GDP ?

- (a) It includes the value of final goods and services produced within a country.
- (b) It is measured for one year.
- (c) Both a & b are true
- (d) Both a & b are false
- Ans

15. Which of the following is not correct with respect to the Primary sector ?
- (i) These activities are undertaken by directly using natural resources.
(ii) Primary sector has emerged as the largest producing sector in India.
- (a) Only (i), (b) Only (ii), (c) Both (i) and (ii), (d) Neither (i) and (ii)
- Ans

16. Which of the following is an activity of the tertiary sector ?

- (a) Dairy farming , (b) Mining , (c) Banking, (d) Weaving
- Ans

17. In the ..........sector, the government owns most of the assets and provides all the services.
- (a) Public (b) Private (c) Organised (d) Unorganised
- Ans

18. ..................has the highest share in GDP whereas...............sector employs most of the
people.
- (a) Primary, tertiary (b) Tertiary, primary to (c) Secondary, tertiary (d) Primary, tertiary
- Ans

19. ............ is characterised by small and scattered units which are largely outside the control
of the government.
- (a) Private sector (b) Public sector (c) Unorganised sector (d) Organised sector
- Ans
20. The sectors are classified into public and private sectors on the basis of ................
- (a) Employment conditions (b) The nature of economic activity (c) Ownership of enterprises (d)
Number of workers employed in the enterprise
- Ans.(c)

21. Production of a commodity, mostly through the natural process, is an activity in the
............... sector.
- (a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) Information technology
- Ans

22. Which of the following is/are unorganised sector activity/activities.

- (i) A bank employee working in a bank.
- (ii) A daily wage labourer.
- (a) Only (i), (b) Only (ii), (c) Both (i) and (ii), (d) Neither (i) Nor (ii)
- Ans

23. Consider the following statements regarding GDP and tick the correct answer.
- (i) It includes final goods and services only.
- (ii) It includes the value of goods and services produced within the country only.
- (a) Only (1) is TRUE , (b) Only (ii) is TRUE, (c) Both (i) and (ii) are TRUE, (d) Neither (i) Nor (ii)
TRUE
- Ans

24. Consider the following statements regarding sectors of the Indian economy and tick the
incorrect statement.
- (i) Tertiary sector has emerged as the largest sector.
- (ii) Most of the people are also employed in the tertiary sector.
- (a) Only (i) is incorrect, (b) Only (ii) is incorrect, (c) Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect, (d) Both (i) and (ii)
are correct
- Ans

25. Which of the following is False with respect to India's GDP ?

- (i) Share of the tertiary sector in the GDP is the highest. aigose
- (ii) Most of the workers are employed in the tertiary sector.
- (a) Only (i), (b) Only (ii), (c) Both (i) & (ii) , (d) Neither (i) Nor (ii)
- Ans.

26. Which of the following is TRUE with respect to MGNREGA 2005 ?

- (i) It is a Central Government Employment Scheme
- (ii) Under this people are given food for work
- (a) Only (i) , (b) Only (ii), (c) Both (i) and (ii) , (d) Neither (i) Nor (ii)
- Ans.

27. Which of the following is not a feature of the Public Sector?

- (a) It is run by the government intos to the (b) It is regulated by profit earning (c) It aims at social
welfare (d) It is an organized sector
- Ans

28. Animal rearing is a-

- (a) Primary (c) Tertiary activity. (6) Secondary (d) Mixed
- Ans

29. Under ……...sector, the government owns most of the assets and provides all the
- (a) Primary (b) Public (c) Tertiary (d) Secondary
- Ans

30. Over the last fifty years though the product fifty years though the production in all the
three sectors has increased in sector. India but it has increased the most in the .......
- (a) Primary (b) Public (c) Tertiary (d) Secondary
- Ans

31. More than half of the workers of the Indian workforce are working in ...........
- (a) Primary (b) Public (c) Tertiary (d) Secondary
- Ans

32. When we produce a good by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of ..... sector.
- (a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) Mixed
- Ans

33. The…….. sector is also called the industrial sector.

- (a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) Mixed
- Ans

34. Railways and Post offices are examples of the .............sector.

- (a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) Mixed
- Ans

35. In India, the mammoth task of measuring GDP is undertaken by a ........

- (a) Local Government (b) State Government (c) Ministry of Finance (d) Central Government
- Ans

36. It is a sector which covers those enterprises or places of work where the terms of
employment are regular and, therefore, people have regular work.
- (a) Primary Sector (b) Secondary Sector (c) Tertiary Sector (d) Organised Sector
- Ans

37. “Kamala attends her office from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. She gets her salary regularly at the
end of every month. In addition to the salary, she also gets Provident Fund and other
facilities as per the rules laid down by the Government."
- Identify the employment sector in which Kamala is working.
- (a) Organised Sector (b) Secondary Sector (c) Tertiary Sector (d) Unorganised Sector
38. It is a sector which covers those enterprises or places of work where the terms of
employment is regular and, therefore, people have regular work.
- (a) Secondary Sector (b) Organised Sector (c) Tertiary Sector (d) Unorganised Sector
- Ans. (b)

39. This activity consists of all services of all service occupations. Transport, communication,
trade, health, education and administration are important examples of this activity.
- (a) Secondary Sector (b) Organised Sector (c) Tertiary Sector (d) Unorganised Sector
- Ans. (c)

40. Most of the workers in the ............... sector enjoy job security. (organised / unorganised)
- (a) Secondary Sector (b) Organised Sector (c) Tertiary Sector (d) Unorganised Sector
- Ans

41. GDP is the sum total of the value of .................. goods produced during a particular year.
- (a) All goods and services. (b) All final goods and services. (c) All intermediate goods and
services. (d) All intermediate and final goods and services.
- Ans.

42. In terms of the GDP, the share of the tertiary sector in 2013-14 is .............
- (a) Between 20 per cent to 30 per cent. (b) Between 30 per cent to 40 per cent. (c) Between 50
per cent to 60 per cent. (d) 70 percent.
- Ans.

43. Assertion: Transport, communication and banking are some examples of tertiary activities.
- Reason: These activities generate services rather than goods.
- (i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (ii) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (iii) A is true but R is false.
- (iv) A is false but R is true.
- Ans

44. Assertion : Tertiary sector has emerged the largest producing sector of India.
- Reason: More than half of the workers in the country are working in the primary sector.
- (i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (ii) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (iii) A is true but R is false.
- (iv) A is false but R is true.
- Ans

45. Assertion: Agriculture is an activity of the organised sector in India.

- Reason: Most of the workers working in agriculture are employed only during harvesting
and sowing season.
- (i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (ii) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (iii) A is true but R is false.
- (iv) A is false but R is true.
- Ans

46. Assertion : Workers in unorganised sectors are exploited by the employer.

- Reason: Unorganised sector is outside the control of the government.
- (i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (ii) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (iii) A is true but R is false.
- (iv) A is false but R is true.
- Ans.

47. Assertion : Primary sector is the largest employer.

- Reason: It includes all those occupations which are related to man's natural environment
like farming, animal rearing, mining etc.
- (i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (ii) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (iii) A is true but R is false.
- (iv) A is false but R is true.
- Ans.

48. Assertion : The share of agriculture in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is declining in
India.
- Reason : Agriculture sector is facing problems of unirrigated land, increasing debts,
seasonal employment etc.
- (i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (ii) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (iii) A is true but R is false.
- (iv) A is false but R is true.
- Ans.

49. Assertion : Economic activities grouped into three categories are highly dependent.
- Reason : Primary and secondary activities cannot produce a good unless they are aided by
the tertiary sector.
- (i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (ii) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
- (iii) A is true but R is false.
- (iv) A is false but R is true.
- Ans.

50. NSSO is coming under the ministry of

- (a) Agriculture minister (b) Finance Minister (c) Defence Minister (d) Home Minister
- Ans