Economic Activities Around Us — Hard

Q1. A cotton farmer, a spinning-weaving factory, and a cloth shop are involved in making and selling a shirt. Which sequence of sectors is correct?

• A. Secondary → Primary → Tertiary
• B. Primary → Secondary → Tertiary
• C. Tertiary → Secondary → Primary
• D. Primary → Tertiary → Secondary

Q2. The AMUL example is used in the chapter mainly to show that

• A. Milk is a primary product only
• B. The three economic sectors are interconnected and support each other
• C. Cooperatives must be run by the government
• D. Tertiary activities are more important than others

Q3. What does the textbook conclude about producing books, from tree-cutting to the bookshop?

• A. Only the secondary sector is needed
• B. None of it would be possible without all three sectors working together
• C. The tertiary sector alone makes the books
• D. Books are produced only in the primary sector

Q4. A mechanic repairs tractors and an electrician restores power supply. Why are these tertiary activities, even though they touch machines and electricity?

• A. Because they make new machines
• B. Because they extract raw materials
• C. Because they provide services that support others, not produce goods
• D. Because they only work in factories

Q5. How did forming the AMUL cooperative change the lives of the Anand farmers, including women?

• A. It made them dependent on the government
• B. It gave them control over production and sale and removed the need for middlemen
• C. It forced them to sell milk only abroad
• D. It stopped them from making any other products

Q6. The chapter notes that economic activities have increased greatly over the decades. What best explains this increase?

• A. Nature stopped providing raw materials
• B. As societies progressed, the ways people earn their livelihoods multiplied
• C. People stopped doing agriculture entirely
• D. Only services existed in earlier times

Q7. Iron ore from a mine is turned into steel, which is then used to build cars. Identify the sector of each stage in order.

• A. Primary, primary, secondary
• B. Primary, secondary, secondary
• C. Secondary, secondary, tertiary
• D. Primary, secondary, tertiary

Q8. A student says, 'Economic sectors are just broad groups that help us understand how activities function and link together.' How accurate is this?

• A. Inaccurate; sectors have no link to prosperity
• B. Accurate; they are broad groups that include various activities helping a nation's economic prosperity
• C. Inaccurate; sectors only describe farming
• D. Accurate, but sectors are unrelated to each other

Q9. Why did farmers earlier have to sell their milk quickly to nearby villages, even for very little money?

• A. Because milk spoils or curdles very fast in hot weather
• B. Because milk was banned from being stored
• C. Because cooperatives forced quick sales
• D. Because trucks were too expensive to hire

Q10. Which single feature is common to agriculture, mining, fishing and forestry that places them all in the primary sector?

• A. They all use electricity
• B. They all involve extracting raw materials directly from nature
• C. They all sell goods to consumers
• D. They all need large factories

Q11. The 'Don't Miss Out' table on automobile units produced in India in 2022 is given chiefly to illustrate the scale of which sector?

• A. Primary sector (mining)
• B. Secondary sector (manufacturing)
• C. Tertiary sector (transport)
• D. Non-economic activity

Q12. Match the milk cooperative brand to its state correctly.

• A. Nandini — Tamil Nadu
• B. Aavin — Karnataka
• C. Verka — Punjab
• D. Sudha — Nagaland

Q13. A fruit vendor sells farm produce to household consumers. Why is selling classified as tertiary rather than primary?

• A. Because the vendor grows the fruit
• B. Because selling is a service linking producers and consumers, not production from nature
• C. Because fruit is a manufactured good
• D. Because vendors work only in cities

Q14. In the paper-to-textbook process, transporting logs and printed books, and selling them in a bookshop, fall under which sector?

• A. Primary sector
• B. Secondary sector
• C. Tertiary sector
• D. Non-economic activity

Q15. Which pairing of AMUL's early leaders with their background is correct?

• A. Tribhuvandas Patel — engineer; Verghese Kurien — lawyer
• B. Tribhuvandas Patel — lawyer and freedom fighter; Verghese Kurien — engineer
• C. Both were freedom fighters only
• D. Both were doctors