CBSE Class 10 Social Science Sectors of the Indian Economy MCQs Set 06

Answer: (b) Agriculture and related sector

Explanation:
1. This answer was corrected — see the note below.
2. The primary sector is also called the agriculture sector, since it covers farming and other activities directly tied to the natural environment.

Teacher's Note:
a) IT sector belongs to the tertiary (services) sector, not the primary sector — don't mix them up.

Answer: (d) iv–ii–iii–i

Explanation:
1. The correct order follows the production chain: growing cotton (primary) → spinning/weaving into cloth (secondary) → transporting it (tertiary) → selling it (tertiary).

Teacher's Note:
a) This traces one product through all three sectors in sequence — a good way to see how they connect.

Answer: (c) Tertiary sector

Explanation:
1. The tertiary (service) sector supports the primary and secondary sectors rather than producing goods directly itself.

Answer: (a) Tertiary

Explanation:
1. The tertiary sector is defined specifically by producing services, not physical goods.

Answer: (c) Tertiary

Explanation:
1. Banking services fall under the tertiary (service) sector.

Answer: (b) Primary

Explanation:
1. Despite its falling share of GDP, the primary sector (mainly agriculture) remains India's largest employer.

Teacher's Note:
a) This is the key 'mismatch' this chapter highlights: primary employs the most people but produces a shrinking share of GDP.

Answer: (d) Intermediate good

Explanation:
1. Cocoa powder, used up in making the final product (the cake), is an intermediate good.

Teacher's Note:
a) Only the finished cake sold to the consumer counts as the final good.

Answer: (b) Secondary sector

Explanation:
1. Jaggery making processes sugarcane (a primary-sector raw material) into a finished product, making it a secondary-sector activity.

Teacher's Note:
a) The raw material (sugarcane) is primary; turning it into jaggery is secondary — a good example of the sectors working together.

Answer: (b) Electronic television manufacturing

Explanation:
1. Manufacturing electronic televisions is a secondary-sector (manufacturing) activity, not a service.

Teacher's Note:
a) Transport, real estate and restaurants are all services (tertiary); manufacturing a physical product (TVs) is secondary.

Answer: (a) primary sector

Explanation:
1. Extracting goods directly from nature — farming, fishing, mining — defines the primary sector.

Answer: (a) Its activities help in the development of the primary and secondary sectors

Explanation:
1. The tertiary sector's defining role is supporting and enabling the primary and secondary sectors, not producing goods itself.

Answer: (c) Tertiary sector

Explanation:
1. The tertiary sector has overtaken the primary sector to become India's largest producing sector, measured by its share of GDP.

Teacher's Note:
a) Note the contrast with the earlier question: tertiary produces the most GDP, but primary still employs the most people.

Answer: (d) When individuals are engaged in some work, but work less than their actual potential

Explanation:
1. Disguised (hidden) unemployment specifically means people appear employed, but are working well below their real capacity.

Teacher's Note:
a) The other three options describe different concepts entirely — open unemployment, technological unemployment, and frictional unemployment.

Answer: (b) all final goods and services

Explanation:
1. GDP counts only final goods and services, to avoid the double counting that would result from including intermediate goods too.

Answer: (a) iv-i-ii-iii

Explanation:
1. The correct production sequence is: growing cotton → ginning (removing seeds) → spinning into yarn → dyeing the woven fabric.

Answer: (d) 2005

Explanation:
1. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was implemented in 2005 (later renamed MGNREGA in 2009, after Mahatma Gandhi).

Teacher's Note:
a) Remember both dates: 2005 (original Act) and 2009 (renamed MGNREGA).

Answer: (c) Tertiary sector

Explanation:
1. The tertiary sector contributes the largest share of India's GDP today.

Answer: (a) Identify, promote and locate industries and services where a large number of people can be employed

Explanation:
1. Actively identifying and promoting industries and services capable of employing more people is the constructive way to reduce underemployment.

Teacher's Note:
a) Closing low-employment industries or relying solely on benefits would not create new, productive jobs.

Answer: (b) The government must provide 100 days of employment in rural areas to those able and willing to work

Explanation:
1. MGNREGA guarantees 100 days of paid employment per year to rural households whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work.

Teacher's Note:
a) MGNREGA is about guaranteed EMPLOYMENT (paid work), not a direct cash benefit or free healthcare.

Answer: (b) Firms in the organised sector are registered with the government and follow set employment norms; the unorganised sector is made up of small, scattered units largely outside government control

Explanation:
1. Registration with the government and adherence to formal employment rules is the key distinguishing feature of the organised sector, as opposed to the largely unregulated unorganised sector.

Answer: (b) Organised sector

Explanation:
1. The specific benefits Sushila receives — health insurance, provident fund, paid overtime, medical leave — are hallmarks of regulated, organised-sector employment.

Teacher's Note:
a) Note this question tests 'organised vs unorganised' (working conditions), a different classification axis from 'primary/secondary/tertiary' (type of activity).