Primary Sector

Q. Which one of the following sectors is the largest employer in India?

1. Primary sector
2. Secondary sector
3. Tertiary sector
4. Public sector

Q. Farmers buy many goods such as tractors, pump sets, pesticides, and fertilisers from a particular vendor in an industry. However, the price of fertilisers or pump sets go up. As a result, the cost of cultivation of the farmers rise and their profits reduce. To avoid this, the farmers think about getting these products from different vendors.

Identify the dependence of the sectors using the classification of economic activities on the basis of the nature of activity.

1. The primary sector is dependent on the secondary sector only.
2. The secondary sector is dependent on the primary sector only.
3. The primary sector and the secondary sector are dependent on each other.
4. Both the primary sector and the secondary sector are dependent on the tertiary sector.

Q. Under which sector does cotton cultivation belong?

1. Primary sector
2. Secondary sector
3. Industrial sector
4. Tertiary sector

Q. Which of the following is not an activity of the primary sector?

1. Agriculture
2. Mining
3. Manufacturing
4. Fishery

Q. Identify the sector that is a classification of economic activities on the basis of nature of activity.

1. Public sector
2. Private sector
3. Primary sector
4. Organised sector

Q. Which of the following are activities of the primary sector?

1. Farming
2. Mining
3. Dairy farming
4. Transportation
5. Fishing
6. Banking
7. Storage
8. Hunting

Q. Which of the following options do not fall under the primary sector?

1. Banking
2. Agriculture
3. Dairy farming
4. Pisiculture

Q. Identify the natural product from the list of items given below.

1. Cloth
2. Milk
3. Potato chips
4. Metal items

Q. Identify the activity that comes under the agriculture and related sectors.

1. Sending agricultural products via truck
2. Extracting minerals and ores
3. Using cotton to make cloth
4. Using bricks to make houses

Q. Identify the primary sector activities.

1. Gardening
2. Pottery
3. Food processing
4. Milk vending