Question

Determine the factors responsible for the secondary sector becoming the most important sector of economic activity.

• A. An increase in employment
• B. An increase in the usage of goods produced in factories, due to cheap rates
• C. A decline in agriculture
• D. An expansion of factories

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

An expansion of factories

As new methods of manufacturing were introduced, factories came up and started expanding. The people who worked on farms earlier, now began to work in factories in large numbers. People began to use many more goods that were produced in factories at cheap rates. As a result, the secondary sector gradually became the most important in total production and employment.