Q. 1) Name the sector of economy that does not produce any
goods.
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Q. 2) Classify the
economic sector on the basis of ownership?
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Q. 3) Name the
sector of economy that mostly produce base material for development of other
sectors?
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Q. 4) What type of
goods are counted for calculation of GDP in India?
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Q. 5) Mention the
advantage of accounting final goods in calculation of GDP.
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Q. 6) Account the
share of Tertiary sector to the GDP of India in 2003.
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Q. 7) Find the odd
one out and say why? Tourist guide, vegetable vender, auto-driver, police
constable.
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Q. 8) Name one
example of Tertiary but unorganised sector of economy.
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Q. 9) Do you think
Primary sector is linked with Tertiary sector? Give one example if yes.
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Q. 10) Write one
limitation of calculating the GDP of a nation.
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Q. 11) Do you think
all nations follow a specific pattern of development?
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Q. 12) Can you
predict the most dominant sector of economy of India in 2020?
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Q. 13) Mention
different sectors of economy.
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Q. 14) Which sector
of economy in India bears most of the workforce?
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Q. 15) Suggest at
least one measure to increase employment in urban area.
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Q. 16) During the
initial stages of development, which is the most important sector of economic
activity?
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Q. 17) Denote the
situation in which more persons are employed on a job than are optimally
required.
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Q. 18) According to
Planning Commission, what is the potential of Tourism sector in India?
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Q. 19) Give one
suggestion to neutralise disguised unemployment in Agriculture sector.
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Q. 20) What is the
most important reason for labour abundance in Primary sector in India?
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Q. 21) The graph
shows the employment pattern of a country in 2010. Imagine the status of
development of the country.
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Q. 22) The graph
shows distribution of employment in concentric circles. Smaller one was small
and bigger one has large employment. Can you say any state in India may
compatible with this graph?
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Q. 23) Rahim has no
regular work sometimes he spends the whole day but earn a little and he also
has no such investment but use its skills to earn money. Which sector Rahim may
be engaged in?
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Q. 24) Give one
example of organised Primary sector.
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Q. 25) Why do you
think NREGA 2005 is referred to a 'Right to work'?
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Q. 26) Give reason
about higher employment in Primary sector in India.
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Q. 27) Name one
source from which we can get data for employment and unemployment in India.
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Q. 28) People
working in Industrial and Service sector need food. Imagine what would happen
if there is a strike by transporters and lorries refuse to take vegetables,
milk, etc from rural areas. Food will become scarce in urban areas whereas
farmers will be unable to sell their products. What does this reflect?
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Q. 29) What are
final goods?
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Q. 30) Give brief
idea about GDP?
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Q. 31) Why is Tertiary sector gaining importance in India?
Explain any three reasons.
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Q. 32) Study the given diagram and answer the questions that
follow. (i) Which sector shows the
highest increase in share of GDP in the given period? (ii) Which sector shows a
decreasing trend in the share of its GDP? (iii) Why has the Primary sector
remained more important than other sectors in spite of its smaller share in
GDP? Give one reason.
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Q. 33) What is meant
by disguised unemployment? Give one example each from rural and urban areas.
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Q. 34) Explain the difference in employment conditions in
organised and unorganized sectors.
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Q. 35) Describe the
role played by National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in improving the
employment situation in India.
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Q. 36) "Workers
are exploited in unorganised sectors in India". Support the statement with
suitable examples. Workers are really exploited in unorganised sectors in
India.
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Q. 37) Highlight any
three differences between intermediate goods and final goods.
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Q. 38) Why has the
government taken up the responsibility of Public sector activities in a country
like India? Explain any three reasons.
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Q. 39) Suggest any three ways to create more employment
avenues in urban areas.
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Q. 40) Explain how
Public sector contributes to the economic development of a nation.
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Q. 41) How is
Tertiary sector different from other sectors? Illustrate with a few examples.
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Q. 42)
"Tertiary sector is not playing any significant role in the
development of Indian Economy." Do you agree? Give reasons in support of
your answer.
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Q. 43) Service sector in India employs two different kinds
of people. Who are these?
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Q. 44) Compare the
employment conditions prevailing in the Organised and Unorganised sector.
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Q. 45) Explain the
objectives of implementing the NREGA 2005.
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Q. 46) Give a few examples of Public sector activities and
explain why the government has taken them up.
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Q. 47) Distinguish between open unemployment and disguised
unemployment?
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Q. 48) How would
income and employment increase if farmers were provided with irrigation and
marketing facilities?
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Q. 49) Compare and
contrast the changes in India with the pattern that was observed for developed
countries. What kind of changes between sectors were desired but did not happen
in India? (Compare with the data from 1973 to 2003)
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Q. 50) What is the
significance of Secondary sector in Indian economy? How does it help in the
economic development of the country?
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Q. 51) Explain the difference between primary, secondary and
tertiary sectors using examples other than those mentioned in the text.
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Q. 52) Classify the
following list of occupations under primary, secondary and tertiary sectors.
Tailor Workers in
Match Factory
Basket weaver Money
lender
Flower cultivator Gardener
Milk vendor Potter
Fishermen Bee-keeper
Priest Astronaut
Courier Call centre
employee
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Q. 53) Students in a school are often classified into
primary and secondary or junior and senior. What is the criterion that is used.
Do you think this is a useful classification? Discuss.
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Q. 54) What does the
history of developed countries indicate about the shifts that have taken place
between sectors?
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Q. 55) Correct and
arrange the important aspects for calculating GDP from this jumble. To count
goods and services we add the numbers that are produced. We count all those
that were produced in the last five years. Since we shouldn't leave out
anything we add up all these goods and services.
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Q. 56) Complete the
table using the data given in Graphs 2 and 3 answer the question that follows.
Graph 2 : Share of Sectors in GDP (%)
Graph 3 : Share of Sectors in Employment (%) Share of Primary Sector in GDP and
Employment
1973 2000 or 2003
Share in GDP
Share in Employment
What are the changes that you observe in the primary sector
over a span of thirty years?
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Q. 57) Choose the
correct answer Underemployment occurs when people (i) do not want to work. (ii)
are working in a lazy manner. (iii) are working less than what they are capable
of doing. (iv) are not paid for their work.
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Q. 58) Compare and
contrast the changes in India with the pattern that was observed for developed
countries. What kind of changes between sectors were desired but did not happen
in India?
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Q. 59) Why should we
be worried about underemployment?
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Q. 60) Imagine that
you are the village head. In that capacity suggest some activities that you
think should be taken up under this Act that would also increase the income of
people? Discuss.
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Q. 61) How would
income and employment increase of farmers were provided with irrigation and
marketing facilities?
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Q. 62) In what ways
can employment be increased in urban areas?
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Q. 63) Suggest any five ways to provide more employment
opportunities in rural areas. Or How can more employment be created in rural
areas? Explain with the help of four suitable examples.
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Q. 64) Distinguish
between Primary sector and Secondary sector by stating four points of
distinction.
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Q. 65) Which sector
has emerged as the largest producing sector in the Indian economy in the last
decade? Give reasons. Or Give four reasons for the rising importance of
Tertiary sector in India.
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Q. 66) Define the
term 'Unorganised sector'. Explain any three reasons why people like to work in
the Organised sector.
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Q. 67) What is Gross
Domestic Product (GDP)? How do we count the various goods and services for
calculating GDP? Explain with examples.
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Q. 68) Explain how
Public sector contributes to the economic development of India.
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Q. 69) Mention any
four advantages of working in the Organised sector.
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Q. 70) The following
newspaper report was published recently. With a view to providing social
security to unorganised workers. Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun
Kharge said the Unorganised Worker's Social Security Act, 2008 has been
enacted. He said, "there are social security schemes for BPL families,
street vendors, workers in the construction and building segment and MGNREGA
workers." Can you suggest 3 measures to protect workers in the Unorganised
Sector in urban areas?
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Q. 71) The following
newspaper report was published on 4th January, 2013. "Government today
pulled up the states for lack of progress made in implementation of labour laws
and poor utilisation of funds meant for benefit of workers. The Minister
especially referred to the tardy efforts made in implementing labour laws
related to building and other construction workers, workers of the unorganised
sectors and beedi workers." Do you feel that the minister was right? If
so, what steps should be taken?
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Q. 72) Do you think
the classification of economic activities into Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
is useful? Explain how.
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Q. 73) For each of
the sectors that we came across in this chapter, why should one focus on
employment and the GDP? Could there be other issues which should be examined?
Discuss.
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Q. 74) Make a long list of all kinds of work that you find
adults around you doing for a living, in what way can you classify them?
Explain your choice.
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Q. 75) Workers are
exploited in the Unorganised sector. Do you agree with this view? Give reasons
in support of your answer.
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Q. 76) How are the
activities in the economy classified on the basis of employment conditions?
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Q. 77) The workers in the Unorganised sector need protection
on the following issues-wages, safety and health. Explain with examples.
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Q. 78) A study in Ahmedabad found that out of 1500000
workers in the city, 1100000 worked in the Unorganised sector. The total income
of the city in this year (1997-1998) was ` 60000 million. Out of this ` 32000
million was generated in the Organised sector. Present this data as a table
what kind of ways should be thought for generating more employment in the city.
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Q. 79) The following table gives the GDP in rupees (crores)
by the three sectors
Year Primary Secondary Tertiary
1950 80000 19000 39000
2000 31400 280000 555000
(i) Calculate the share of the three sectors in GDP for 1950
and 2000. (ii) Show the data as a bar diagram similar to graph in the chapter.
(iii) What conclusions can we draw from the bar graph.
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Q. 80) How are the
three sectors of economy interdependent? Explain with five suitable examples.
Or "Economic activities, though grouped into three different categories,
are highly interdependent." Discuss.
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Q. 81) Describe the
historical changes that have taken place in the sectors of the economy in the
developed countries. Or "When a country develops, the contribution of
Primary sector decline and that of Secondary and Tertiary sectors
increases." Analyse the statement. Or Explain how a shift has taken place
between sectors in developed countries?
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Q. 82) How can
employment be increased in both rural and urban areas? Explain. Or Unemployment
is a major problem in a country like India. Suggest various ways for generating
employment opportunities both in rural and urban areas. Or What steps should be
taken to create more employment? Explain.
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Q. 83) Explain the rational for naming the Primary sector as
Primary.
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Q. 84) Calculate the
value of final goods (which will become part of the GDP) in the case given
below. A cotton farmer sells his weekly output of cotton to a weaver for `
5000. The weaver weaves cloth out of this and sells it to the cloth trader for
` 6500. The trader sells part of this cloth to a shirt maker for ` 5000 and the
remaining cloth to a retailer for ` 3000. The shirt maker makes 60 shirts, each
selling for ` 150. The cloth retailer sells his cloth to the final customers
for ` 4000.
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Q. 85) Which was the
largest producing sector in 197 3?
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Q. 86) Which is the
largest producing sector in 2003?
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Q. 87) Can you say
which sector has grown the most over, thirty years?
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Q. 88) What was the
GDP of India in 2003?
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Q. 89) Look at the
following examples. Which of these are unorganised sector activities? (i) A
teacher taking classes in a school. (ii) A headload worker carrying a bag of
cement on his back in a market. (iii) A farmer irrigating her field. (iv) A
doctor in a hospital treating a patient. (v) A daily wage labourer working
under a contractor. (vi) A factory worker going to work in a big factory. (vii)
A handloom weaver working in her house.
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Q. 90) Talk to
someone who has a regular job in the organised sector and another who works in the
unorganised sector. Compare and contrast their working conditions in all
aspects.
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Q. 91) How would you
distinguish between organized and unorganized sectors? Explain in your own
words.
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