18. Which of the following activities is/are primary activities?
1. Mining
2. Quarrying
3. Construction
Options:
18. Which of the following activities is/are primary activities?
1. Mining
2. Quarrying
3. Construction
Options:
The correct option is A a. 1 and 2 only
a)
Human activities which generate income are known as economic activities.
Economic activities are broadly grouped into primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary activities.
Primary activities are directly dependent on environment as these refer to utilisation of earth‘s resources such as land, water, vegetation, building materials and minerals. It thus includes, hunting and gathering ,pastoral activities, fishing, forestry, agriculture, and mining and quarrying.
Secondary activities add value to natural resources by transforming raw materials into valuable products. Secondary activities, therefore, are concerned with manufacturing, processing and
construction infrastructure industries
a. 1 and 2 only
a)
Human activities which generate income are known as economic activities.
Economic activities are broadly grouped into primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary activities.
Primary activities are directly dependent on environment as these refer to utilisation of earth‘s resources such as land, water, vegetation, building materials and minerals. It thus includes, hunting and gathering ,pastoral activities, fishing, forestry, agriculture, and mining and quarrying.
Secondary activities add value to natural resources by transforming raw materials into valuable products. Secondary activities, therefore, are concerned with manufacturing, processing and
construction infrastructure industries
