UNIT-3

CHAPTER-7
TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES

1. What do you understand by tertiary activities? 1

2. To which sector are the tertiary activities related? 1
3. Explain the two elements of tertiary activities. 2
‘Tertiary activities include both production and exchange.’ Explain.
4. What is the main difference between secondary and tertiary activities. 1
5. What are the four types of tertiary activities. 2
6. What is trade? 1
7. What are trading centres? 1
8. Divide trading centres into two and explain five features of each. 5+5
9. Explain five major characteristic features of periodic market of rural area. 5
10. Classify trade and commerce into two and explain their features. 5 /Explain three
features of retail trading services .Explain four features of wholesale trading service.
11. Explain the significance of transport. 3
12. What are the three ways to measure transport distance. 3
13. Explain the two factors affecting transport services. 2
14. Explain five major significance of communication services.
15. Distinguish between low order services and high order services . (3 points for each)
16. Explain five major features of the informal/non-formal sector.
17. What is tourism? 1
18. Explain five importance of tourism.
19. Name two most popular tourist destination of world.
20. Explain the two major factors affecting tourism.
21. Explain the five major factors of tourist attraction in the world.
22. Divide knowledge oriented service sector into two. 1
23. Write a note on quaternary activities. 5
24. Write a note on quinary activities. 5
25. Explain three advantages of outsourcing. 3
26. Distinguish between KPO and BPO. 2
27. Write a note on outsourcing. 5
28. Write a note on medical services for overseas patients in India . 5
29. What do you understand by medical tourism? 1
30. What is digital divide? Explain. 3
31. Discuss the significance and growth of the service sector in modern economic development..
Answer:
a.The service sector provides more job opportunities and employment this sector is steadily
increasing the advantage of some countries such as Switzerland and the united kingdom is
in service provision educated skilled youth from developing countries constantly move to
 these countries as they provide more jobs
b.People in the service sector on more income specially in services like health care
entertainment and transport for example medical services as a proportion of gross
national product have increased in Europe North America and Japan
c.Services had traded extensively on a global scale the developing countries with poor
service and low economic development import services of experts in various fields like
advertisement finance insurance public relation et cetera from developed countries
where this sector is highly developed.