2. Sectors of the Indian Economy

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1. Activities that directly use natural resources fall under which sector?
   A) Primary Sector  |  B) Secondary Sector  |  C) Tertiary Sector  |  D) None of these
2. Agriculture, dairy, fishing, and forestry are examples of:
   A) Secondary sector  |  B) Tertiary sector  |  C) Primary Sector  |  D) Information technology
3. The process of manufacturing is the main feature of which sector?
   A) Primary  |  B) Secondary Sector  |  C) Tertiary  |  D) Service
4. By what other name is the Secondary sector known?
   A) Agriculture sector  |  B) Industrial Sector  |  C) Service sector  |  D) None of these
5. Transport, storage, communication, and banking are examples of which sector?
   A) Primary  |  B) Secondary  |  C) Tertiary Sector  |  D) None of these
6. What else is the Tertiary sector called?
   A) Industrial sector  |  B) Service Sector  |  C) Agriculture sector  |  D) None of these
7. What is GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?
   A) Total exports  |  B) Value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a particular year  |  C) Total income  |  D) None of these
8. Who carries out the task of measuring GDP in India?
   A) NITI Aayog  |  B) Central Statistical Office (CSO/Central Govt Ministries)  |  C) RBI  |  D) World Bank
9. What are Final Goods?
   A) Raw material  |  B) Goods that are used directly by consumers  |  C) Half-finished goods  |  D) None of these
10. A situation where people are apparently working but all of them are made to work less than their potential is called:
    A) Full employment  |  B) Underemployment or Disguised unemployment  |  C) Educated unemployment  |  D) None of these
11. In which year did the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) come into force?
    A) 2002  |  B) 2005  |  C) 2010  |  D) 2015
12. How many days of employment does the government guarantee under MGNREGA?
    A) 50 days  |  B) 100 days  |  C) 200 days  |  D) 365 days
13. What is a feature of the Organized Sector?
    A) Security of employment and paid leave  |  B) Low wages  |  C) Uncertainty of working hours  |  D) No rules
14. What is the problem in the Unorganized Sector?
    A) High wages  |  B) Lack of paid leave and insecure employment  |  C) Government control  |  D) None of these
15. Who owns the assets in the Public Sector?
    A) Private individuals  |  B) Government  |  C) Foreign companies  |  D) None of these
16. What is the main objective of the Private Sector?
    A) Public welfare  |  B) Profit making  |  C) Free service  |  D) None of these
17. Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) is which type of sector?
    A) Public  |  B) Private  |  C) Cooperative  |  D) Joint
18. Railway and Post Office are examples of:
    A) Private sector  |  B) Public Sector  |  C) Unorganized sector  |  D) None of these
19. Which activities are NOT included in the service sector?
    A) Banking  |  B) Transport  |  C) Making Jaggery  |  D) Teaching
20. Which sector's importance increases most with the development of a country?
    A) Primary  |  B) Tertiary (Service Sector)  |  C) Secondary  |  D) None of these
21. Where is Disguised Unemployment mainly found?
    A) IT sector  |  B) Agriculture sector  |  C) Hospitals  |  D) Banks
22. How is the secondary sector different from the primary sector?
    A) It changes natural products into other forms through manufacturing  |  B) It provides services  |  C) It grows crops directly  |  D) None of these
23. In the history of developed countries, which sector was most important in early stages of economic development?
    A) Tertiary  |  B) Primary sector  |  C) Secondary  |  D) None of these
24. Currently, which sector contributes the most to GDP in India?
    A) Primary  |  B) Secondary  |  C) Tertiary sector  |  D) All three equally
25. In terms of employment, which is still the largest sector in India?
    A) Tertiary  |  B) Secondary  |  C) Primary sector  |  D) None of these
26. The value of which goods is already included in the value of final goods?
    A) Only profit  |  B) Value of Intermediate goods  |  C) Only tax  |  D) None of these
27. Workers of which sector get paid holidays, provident fund, and medical benefits?
    A) Unorganized  |  B) Organized Sector  |  C) Disguised unemployed  |  D) None of these
28. What is the main objective of public sector services?
    A) Only profit making  |  B) Social welfare and security  |  C) Foreign investment  |  D) None of these
29. Why do workers in the unorganized sector in India need protection?
    A) Because they are exploited  |  B) Because employment is insecure  |  C) Because wages are very low  |  D) All of the above
30. If 2 out of 5 people working in a field are removed and production does not fall, what will those 2 people be called?
    A) Educated unemployed  |  B) Underemployed  |  C) Skilled workers  |  D) None of these
31. Which factors are responsible for the development of the tertiary sector?
    A) Demand for hospitals and schools  |  B) Expansion of transport and trade  |  C) Increase in income  |  D) All of the above
32. Internet cafes, ATM booths, and call centers are modern examples of which sector?
    A) Primary  |  B) Secondary  |  C) Tertiary (Information Technology)  |  D) None of these
33. How can the problem of underemployment in the agriculture sector be solved?
    A) By expanding irrigation facilities  |  B) By providing transport and storage facilities  |  C) By providing cheap agricultural credit  |  D) All of the above
34. What are the employment terms like in the organized sector?
    A) Regular and subject to government rules  |  B) Irregular  |  C) At the owner's whim  |  D) None of these
35. Where are unorganized sector workers found in the city?
    A) In big companies  |  B) In street vending, repair work, and daily wage labor  |  C) In government offices  |  D) None of these
36. Why do we only count 'final goods' while calculating GDP?
    A) To avoid Double counting  |  B) To make calculation easy  |  C) Intermediate goods are expensive  |  D) None of these
37. A main advantage of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) is:
    A) They are only for the rich  |  B) They invest heavily in infrastructure where private sector doesn't want to enter  |  C) They do no work  |  D) None of these
38. What role can 'regional tourism' and 'craft industry' play in employment generation?
    A) They decrease employment  |  B) They can generate large numbers of jobs at local level  |  C) They have no importance  |  D) None of these
39. A service provided by a doctor or lawyer would fall under which category?
    A) Primary  |  B) Secondary  |  C) Tertiary sector  |  D) Unorganized
40. Is development of secondary and tertiary sectors possible without the primary sector?
    A) Yes  |  B) No, because the primary sector provides raw material and base  |  C) Don't know  |  D) None of these
41. What does 'Structural Shift' in India mean?
    A) A big shift of GDP from agriculture directly towards service sector  |  B) Only growth of industries  |  C) Cities becoming fewer  |  D) None of these
42. According to the Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog), how many jobs can be created every year in the tourism sector alone?
    A) 5 lakhs  |  B) More than 35 lakhs  |  C) 1 lakh  |  D) 10 lakhs
43. What is another name for underemployment?
    A) Open unemployment  |  B) Disguised unemployment  |  C) Educated unemployment  |  D) None of these
44. GDP is an indicator of a country's economic ________.
    A) Weakness  |  B) Economic Strength  |  C) Population  |  D) Literacy
45. If a farmer grows grain only for family consumption, this activity belongs to which sector?
    A) Secondary  |  B) Primary  |  C) Tertiary  |  D) None of these
46. The rise of 'Information Technology' (IT) has given the most momentum to which sector?
    A) Primary  |  B) Secondary  |  C) Tertiary  |  D) None of these
47. What is the main objective of the government in the public sector?
    A) Making profit  |  B) Public Welfare  |  C) Selling companies  |  D) None of these
48. Which activities are classified as 'sectors' in an economy?
    A) Only religious  |  B) Economic activities based on objective and nature  |  C) Only sports  |  D) None of these
49. In the unorganized sector, 'wages' are usually:
    A) More than market rate  |  B) Less than minimum wages and irregular  |  C) On government scale  |  D) None of these
50. A way to reduce disguised unemployment in rural areas is:
    A) Closing cities  |  B) Promoting small and cottage industries  |  C) Only studying  |  D) None of these
51. Why is the organized sector called 'organized'?
    A) Because people stay together  |  B) Because it has formal processes and procedures  |  C) Because it is large  |  D) None of these
52. Are all activities of the tertiary sector growing equally?
    A) Yes  |  B) No, only high-skilled services (IT/Banking) are growing rapidly  |  C) Only transport is growing  |  D) None of these
53. Goods that are used in the production of final goods are called?
    A) Final goods  |  B) Intermediate goods  |  C) Foreign goods  |  D) None of these
54. An example of 'cottage industry' in the secondary sector is:
    A) Car making  |  B) Basket weaving or pottery  |  C) Airplane making  |  D) None of these
55. Has the employment structure in India changed similarly to the GDP structure?
    A) Yes  |  B) No, service sector share in GDP increased but agriculture still has a large share in employment  |  C) Can't say  |  D) None of these
56. What is the status between 'skilled' and 'unskilled' workers in the service sector?
    A) Both get equal wages  |  B) There is a huge difference in wages and facilities  |  C) There is no difference  |  D) None of these
57. In which areas is the public sector mandatory?
    A) Fashion  |  B) Defense, nuclear energy, and railways  |  C) Toys  |  D) None of these
58. Why do small farmers working in the unorganized sector need help?
    A) For loans for seeds and fertilizers  |  B) For storage facilities  |  C) For market access  |  D) All of the above
59. Why is the classification of economic activities necessary?
    A) To make calculation easy  |  B) To understand the structure of the economy  |  C) Both A and B  |  D) None of these
60. The most popular measure for measuring a country's 'economic health' is:
    A) Population  |  B) GDP  |  C) Area  |  D) Number of weapons