ECONOMICS CH 2 TEST 1
CHAPTER 2
Sectors of the Indian
Economy
Important Terms
Economic Activities:
GDP :
Final Goods :
Intermediate Goods :
Right to Work :
Organised Sector :
Unorganised Sector :
Public Sector :
Primary Activity :
Secondary Activity :
Tertiary Activity :
Multiple Choice Questions
Q.1. When goods are produced by exploiting
natural resources, it is an activity of the ... sector. [CBSE Sept. 2012)
(a) Primary (c) Tertiary
(b) Secondary (d) None of the above
Q. 2 ........... sector covers activities
in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of
manufacturing. (CBSE Sept. 2010]
(a) Primary (c) Tertiary
(b) Secondary (d) None of the above
Q. 3. Which of the following sectors is the
largest employer in India ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011)
(a) Primary Sector (c) Tertiary Sector
(b) Secondary Sector (d) IT Sector
Q. 4. What is NREGA ? [CBSE Sept. 2012]
(a) National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act.
(b) National Regional Employment Guarantee
Act.
(c) National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act.
(d) None of the above.
Q. 5. On which of the following basis, the
sectors are classified into public and private sector ? (CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012]
(a) Employment conditions
(b) The nature of economic activity
(c) Ownership of enterprises
(d) Number of workers employed in the
enterprise
Q. 6. Which of the following is also known
as disguised employment ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011)
(a) Over employment (b) Factory employment
(c) Under employment (d) Unemployment
Q. 7. Sahara Airlines and B.S.E.S. are
examples of: ………………. (CBSE Sept. 2011)
(a) Public Sector (c) Mixed Sector
(b) Private Sector (d) All of the above
Q. 8. The value of all goods and services
produced within a country in a certain year is called its : [CBSE Sept. 2011)
(a) National Product (b) Net Domestic
Product
(c) Gross Domestic Product (d) None of
these
Q. 9. Railway is an example of : [CBSE
Sept. 2011)
(a) Private Sector (b) Public Sector
(c) Secondary Sector (d) None of these
Q. 10. Which of the following Acts would
not apply to a company like TISCO ? (CBSE Sept. 2011)
(a) Minimum Wages Act (b) National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act
(c) Factories Act (d) Payment of Gratuity
Act
Q. 11. The motive of Private Sector
enterprises is : [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2012)
(a) Profit making (b) Entertainment
(c) Social welfare and security (d) None of
these
Q. 12. Under employment is a situation
where people : [CBSE Sept. 2011)
(a) do not want to work (b) are not paid of
their work
(c) working in a lazy manner (d) are
working less than what they are capable of doing.
Q. 13. What will happen if the government
fails to provide 100 days employment under NREGA ? [CBSE Sept. 2012)
(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
Very Short Answer Type Questions
(1 Mark each)
Q. 1. What are economic activities ?
Q. 2. There are many activities that are
undertaken by directly using natural resources. What are these activities known
as ?
Or
When we produce goods by exploiting natural
resources in which category of economic sector such activities come ? [CBSE
2018(0))
Q.3. Give any two examples of primary
activities.
Q.4. What is secondary sector ? Give
example.
Q.5. What is tertiary sector ?
Q.6. Why tertiary sector is also termed as
service sector ?
Q.7. Which organisation in India undertakes
the task of measuring GDP ?
Q.8. What are final goods ?
Q.9. What are intermediate goods ?
Q.10. While calculating Gross Domestic
product the value of only final goods should be included'. Give reason.
Q.11. Which sector is the largest employer
?
Q.12. What is Right to Work ?
Q.13. There is a need for protection and
support of the workers in the unorganised sector. Given two reasons.
Q.14. What is a public sector ?
Q.15. On what basis, the sectors are
classified into public and private sector ? (CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012, 14)
Q.16. In which year the National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act was implemented ? [CBSE Sept. 2010)
Q.17. Sahara Airlines and B.S.E.S. are
examples of: [CBSE Sept. 2011)
Q.18. What is the main motive of private
sector enterprises ? [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2012)
Q.19. What will happen if the government
fails to provide 100 days employment under NREGA ? (CBSE Sept. 2012)
Short Answer Type Questions (3
Marks each)
Q.1. What is under employment ? Explain
with an example. [CBSE Sept. 2013)
Q.2 What are secondary activities ? Explain
with examples. (CBSE Sept. 2010)
Q. 3. What are tertiary activities ?
Explain with examples. [CBSE Sept. 2010
Or
State any two examples of the basic
services provided by the tertiary sector.
Q.4. What are primary activities ? Explain
with examples. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
Which sector of economy does provide the
base for all other products ? Explain with the help of any two examples. (CBSE
2015)
Q.5. What is GDP ? Who is responsible for
collecting data for the GDP in India? (CBSE Comp. (O),2008,14,15]
Q.6. What is disguised unemployment ? Explain.
(CBSE 2010 (D). Sept. 2010
Or
How far is it correct to say that disguised
unemployment can also be called underemployment ? Explain. (CBSE 2012]
Q.7. What is an organised sector ? Explain
[CBSE 2009 (O)
Q. 8. What is an unorganised sector ?
Explain.
Q. 9. Distinguish between final goods and
the intermediate goods.
Q.10. Distinguish between the organised and
the unorganised sector. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018(O)]
Q.11. What are the objectives of NREGA 2005
? (CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Q. 12. Distinguish between the public and
the private sector. (CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]
Or
State any four features of public and
private sector. [CBSE 2014, 2015]
Q.13. What are the two sectors of economic
activities on the basis of the ownership of resources ? Explain.
Q. 14. Describe any four points of
importance who suffer from poverty of primary sector in the Indian economy. (CBSE
2008 Comp. (D)]
Q.15. Enumerate the various causes of rural
unemployment in India. [CBSE 2013)
Q.16. How can employment opportunities be generated
in the tourism and information (CBSE 2013] and technology centres ?
Long Answer Type Questions (4/5
Marks each)
Q.1. While estimating the national income,
only the value of the final goods and services is used.' Explain with the help
of an example.
Q.2. Why is the tertiary sector becoming so
important in India ? Give at least four reasons. (CBSE 20082009 D) Sept. 2011,
2012)
Or
Why is tertiary sector growing so rapidly
in India ? Explain it with four reasons. (CBSE Sept. 2011, 14, 2019(D)]
Q. 3. Explain any four points of importance
of Secondary sector in the Indian economy. [CBSE Comp. 2008 (D). 13]
Q. 5. What are the advantages of working in
an organised sector? [CBSE Sept. 2011)
Or
What is an organised sector ? Describe its
working conditions. [CBSE 2009 (D))
Q. 4. Suggest some ways which can be
helpful in creating employment in rural areas. (CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011)
Or
What steps should be taken to create more employment
? Explain. (CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
Or
How to create more employment in rural
areas ? Explain with examples. (CBSE Sept. 2011, 2012)
Q.6. Explain the role of government in the
public sector. (CBSE Sept. 2013)
Or
How does public sector contribute to the
economic development to the nation ? Explain. (CBSE 2018 Compt.)
Q.7. Do you agree that agriculture is an
activity of the unorganised sector in India. Give any four points. (CBSE Sept.
2010, 2012)
Q.8. How can workers in the unorganised
sector be protected ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011)
Q.9. Write two groups of people working in
unorganised sector who are in need of protection. How can the government
protect them ? (CBSE Sept. 2010)
Q.10. Explain how a shift has taken between
sectors in developed countries. (CBSE Sept. 2011)
Q.11. Compare the different sectors.
Or
Distinguish between primary, secondary and
tertiary sector. [CBSE 20152019 D)
Q.12. "The declining share of
agriculture in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a matter of serious concern
in India." Support the statement. [CBSE 2018 Comptt.)
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