Economic Activities

Q. All activities connected with the extraction and production of natural resources are called activities.

1. secondary
2. primary
3. tertiary
4. quaternary

Q. Which of the following are the examples of tertiary activities?

1. Banking and insurance
2. Transport and trade
3. Advertising
4. All of the above

Q. From the following, which one best describes a secondary economic activity?

1. Activities that help the primary and secondary economic activities through service, transport etc.
2. Process that involves extraction and production of natural resources like baking bread, making cloth, etc.
3. Process of engaging maximum population in a particular economic activity.
4. Process that includes all those connected with extraction and production of natural resources like agriculture, mining etc.

Q. Pick out the secondary economic activity from the given options.

1. Steel processing
2. Transport
3. Crop cultivation
4. Mineral mining

Q. From the examples of primary activities given below, pick out the one that is not a primary activity.

1. Fishing
2. Gathering
3. Agriculture
4. Baking bread

Q. Pick out the approximate percentage of the world's population engaged in agriculture.

1. 50 percent
2. 10 percent
3. 70 percent
4. 30 percent

Q. The banking and insurance sectors are good examples of which type of economic activity?

1. None of the above
2. Primary economic activity
3. Tertiary economic activity
4. Secondary economic activity

Q. The efforts made to increase farm production in order to meet the growing demand of increasing population is called ____________.

1. agricultural quotient
2. agricultural degeneration
3. agricultural development
4. agricultural index

Q. Briefly describe the problems of using local time. What is the difference between the International Meridian (GMT) and the Standard Meridian of India (IST)?

Q. Raamin is a fisherman in Kerala. As he was good at making fish curry, he started his own restaurant at the beachside where he gave people fish curry-rice. Which all sectors Raamin is actively involved?

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