3. NSO is organization under the ministry of ___________
(a) Ministry of Sample and Programme Implementation
(b) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation@
(c) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(d) None of these
4. The ___________ covers activities in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing that we associate with industrial activity.
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector@
(c) primary sector
(d) agriculture and related sector.
5. Growing cotton is the example of ____________
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector@
(d) industrial sector.
6. Making house is the example of _________
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector@
(c) primary sector
(d) tertiary sector
7. dairy, fishing, forestry is the example of _________
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector@
(d) tertiary sector
8. Primary sector is also known as ________
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector@
(d) Industrial Sector
9. When we produce a good by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of the primary sector.
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector@
(d) Industrial Sector
10. Transport, storage, communication, banking, trade are some examples of tertiary activities
(a) secondary sector
(b) primary sector
(c) tertiary sector@
(d) Industrial Sector
11. The tertiary sector is also called the________.
(a) service sector@
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector
(d) Industrial Sector
12. Imagine what would happen if farmers refuse to sell sugarcane to a particular sugar mill. The mill will have to shut down.
WHAT DOES THIS SHOW?
(a) tertiary sector being dependent on the primary.
(b) tertiary sector being dependent on the Industrial.
(c) Industrial sector being dependent on the primary.@
(d) None of these
13. Imagine what would happen to cotton cultivation if companies decide not to buy from the Indian market and import all cotton they need from other countries. Indian cotton cultivation will become less profitable and the farmers may even go bankrupt, if they cannot quickly switch to other crops. Cotton prices will fall.
WHAT DOES THIS SHOW?
(a) tertiary sector being dependent on the primary.
(b) tertiary sector being dependent on the Industrial.
(c) Industrial sector being dependent on the primary.
(d) primary sector being dependent on the secondary sector.@
14. Farmers buy many goods such as tractors, pumpsets, electricity, pesticides and fertilisers. Imagine what would happen if the price of fertilisers or pumpsets go up. Cost of cultivation of the farmers will rise and their profits will be reduced.
WHAT DOES THIS SHOW?
(a) tertiary sector being dependent on the primary.
(b) tertiary sector being dependent on the Industrial.
(c) Industrial sector being dependent on the primary.
(d) primary sector being dependent on the secondary sector.@
15. People working in industrial and service sectors 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 SHOW?
(a) tertiary sector being dependent on the primary.
(b) tertiary sector being dependent on the Industrial.
(c) Industrial sector being dependent on the primary.
(d) primary sector being dependent on the secondary sector.@
16. People working in industrial and service sectors 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 SHOW?
(a) tertiary sector being dependent on the primary.
(b) primary sector being dependent on the tertiary.@
(c) Industrial sector being dependent on the primary.
(d) primary sector being dependent on the secondary sector.
17. Flower cultivator(occupations) came under ______.
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector@
(d) Industrial Sector
18. Potter(occupations) came under ______.
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector@
(d) Industrial Sector
19. Call center employee (occupations) came under ______.
(a) service sector@
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector
(d) Industrial Sector
20. Milk vendor(occupations) came under ______.
(a) service sector@
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector
(d) Industrial Sector
21. Tailor(occupations) came under ______.
(a) service sector@
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector
(d) Industrial Sector
22. There is one precaution one has to take when we calculate GDP Not every good (or service) that is produced and sold needs to be counted. It makes sense only to include the __________
(a) Intermediate goods
(b) Only services
(c) final goods and services.@
(d) None of these
23. The value of final goods and services produced in each sector during a particular year provides the total production of the sector for that year is called _________
(a) GNP
(b) GDP@
(c) UPSC
(d) SSC
24. Full form of GDP?
(a) Global Domestic Product
(b) Gross Domestic Product
(c) Gross Domestic Packet
(d) None of these
25. Generally, it has been noted from the histories of many, now developed, countries that at initial stages of development, ___________ was the most important sector of economic activity.
(a) service sector
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector@
(d) Industrial Sector
26. Which was the largest producing sector in 1973-74?
(a) tertiary sector
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector@
(d) Industrial Sector
27. Which is the largest producing sector in 2013-14?
(a) tertiary sector@
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector
(d) Industrial Sector
28. Can you say which sector has grown the most over forty years?
(a) tertiary sector@
(b) secondary sector
(c) primary sector
(d) Industrial Sector
29. Which of the following reason is not the reason of rising importance of tertiary sector.
(a) In any country several services such as hospitals, educational institutions, post and telegraph services, police stations, courts, village administrative offices, municipal corporations, defense, transport, banks, insurance companies, etc. are required. These can be considered as basic services. In a developing country the
government has to take responsibility for the provision of these services.
(b) the development of agriculture and industry leads to the development of services such as transport, trade, storage and the like, as we have already seen. Greater the development of the primary and secondary sectors, more would be the demand for such services.
(c) Third, as income levels rise, certain sections of people start demanding many more services like eating out, tourism, shopping, private hospitals, private schools, professional training etc. You can see this change quite sharply in cities, especially in big cities.
(d) The employment figures are based on data taken from the five-yearly surveys on employment and unemployment conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) now known as National Statistical Office (NSO). NSO is an organisation under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation@
29. Choose the correct answer:
Underemployment occurs when people
(a) do not want to work
(b) are working in a lazy manner
(c) are working less than what they are capable of doing@
(d) are not paid for their work
30. underemployment is also known as _________
(a) seasonal employment
(b) disguised unemployment.@
(c) Primary employment
(d) Secondary employment
31. What is the new name of planning commission?
(a) CITI Aayog
(b) NITI Aayog@
(c) PITI Aayog
(d) FITI Aayog
32. When MGNREGA launched?
(a) 2004
(b) 2005@
(c) 2006
(d) 2007
33. What is the full form of MGNREGA?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi National Rupees Employment Guarantee Act
(b) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employed Guarantee Act
(c) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(d) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act@
34. MGNREGA 2005 is referred to as ________
(a) Right to freedom
(b) Right to work@
(c) Right to Education
(d) Right to equality
35. Kanta works in an office. She attends her office from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. She gets her salary regularly at the end of every month. In addition to the salary, she also gets provident fund as per the rules laid down by the government. She also gets medical and other allowances. Kanta does not go to office on Sundays. This is a paid holiday. When she joined work, she given an appointment letter stating all the terms and conditions of work.
In which sector kanta work?
(a) Unorganized Sector
(b) Organized Sector@
(c) Underemployed Sector
(d) None of these
36. Kamal is Kanta’s neighbour. He is a daily wage labourer in a nearby grocery shop. He goes to the shop at 7:30 in the morning and works till 8:00 p.m. in the evening. He gets no other allowances apart from his wages. He is not paid for the days he does not work. He has therefore no leave or paid holidays. Nor was he given any formal letter saying that he has been employed in the shop. He can be asked to leave anytime by his employer.
In which sector kanta work?
(a) Unorganized Sector@
(b) Organized Sector
(c) Underemployed Sector
(d) None of these
37. Which of the following examples does not fall under unorganized sector?
(a) A farmer irrigating his field.
(b) A daily wage labourer working for a contractor.
(c) A doctor in a hospital treating a patient@
(d) A handloom weaver working on a loom in her house.
38. Which of the following is not the feature of organized sector?
(a) Formal processes and procedures
(b) Follow Minimum Wages Act
(c) Jobs here are low-paid and often not regular.@
(d) people have assured work.
39. Which of the following is not the way to Protect Workers in the Unorganized Sector?
(a) The government can fix the minimum wage rate & working hour
(b) The government can provide cheap & affordable basic services like education health and food to the worker
(c) The government can frame new laws which provide provision for overtime, paid leave due to sickness etc.
(d) Providing government job to each and every unorganized sector’s worker@
40. Railways is an example of the ________
(a) Private Sector
(b) Public Sector@
(c) Primary Sector
(d) unorganized sector
41. Full form of TISCO?
(a) Tata Information and Software Company Limited
(b) Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited@
(c) Tata Information and Soft Drink Company Limited
(d) Tata Iron and Software Company Limited
42. Which of the following is not the feature of Public sector?
(a) Employment is secured
(b) Government owns most of the assets
(c) Main objective is public welfare
(d) Main objective: Profit maximization@
43. The sectors are classified into public and private sector on the basis of:
(a) employment conditions
(b) the nature of economic activity
(c) ownership of enterprises@
(d) number of workers employed in the enterprise
44. Production of a commodity, mostly through the natural process, is an activity in _________ sector.
(a) primary@
(b) secondary
(c) tertiary
(d) information technology
45. GDP is the total value of _________ produced during a particular year.
(a) all goods and services
(b) all final goods and services@
(c) all intermediate goods and services
(d) all intermediate and final goods and services
46. Workers in the _________ sector do not produce goods.
(a) Primary Sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector@
47. A _________ proportion of labourers in India are working in the unorganized sector.
(a) Large@
(b) Small
(c) Poor
(d) Rich
48. How do big private companies contribute in the development of a nation?
(a) By increasing the demands for their products through advertisements.
(b) By increasing their profits.
(c) By increasing productivity of the country in the manufacturing of industrial goods. @
(d) By providing private hospital facilities for the rich.
49. Which one of the following activities can be included in the primary sector?
(a) Giving loans to the farmer
(b) Making Sugar from sugar cane
(c) Cultivating sugar cane.@
(d) Providing storage facility for the grains
50. Why did the government shift its strategy from long term to short term programmes to remove unemployment?
(a) Large Scale Corruption
(b) Lukewarm response from the state governments
(c) Long term programmes takes a long time to implement@
(d) Lack of funds.
51. Identify the correct answer from the alternatives provided. Both Tisco and Reliance Industries are owned by:
(a) The government
(b) Private company @
(c) A cooperative society
(d) Jointly by private companies and the govt.
52. NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005) has guaranteed ………. days of employment in a year in many districts of India. What are the correct number of days?
(a) 200 days
(b) 100 days @
(c) 30 days
(d) 60 days
53. From 1973 to 2003 which of the following sectors has grown considerably: –
(a) Tertiary
(b) Secondary
(c) Agriculture
(d) None
54. Biscuits for the consumer in the market is a—————
(a) Final good
(b) Intermediate good
(c) Good
(d) Services
55. Assertion: The employment figures are based on data taken from the five-yearly surveys on employment and unemployment conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) now known as National Statistical Office (NSO)
Reason: the tertiary sector is also called the service sector.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.@
56. Assertion: Cultivating sugarcane is the example of primary sector.
Reason: When we produce a good by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of the primary sector.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. @
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
57. Assertion: secondary sector is also called as industrial sector.
Reason: the tertiary sector is also called the service sector.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.@
58. Assertion: The value of final goods and services produced in each sector during a particular year provides the total production of the sector for that year. And the sum of production in the three sectors gives what is called the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Reason: secondary sector is also called the service sector.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.@
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
59. Assertion: underemployment is hidden in contrast to someone who does not have a job and is clearly visible as unemployed. Hence, it is also called disguised unemployment.
Reason: primary sector is also called the service sector.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.@
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
60. Assertion: Kanta works in an office. She attends her office from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. She gets her salary regularly at the end of every month. In addition to the salary, she also gets provident fund as per the rules laid down by the government. She also gets medical and other allowances. Kanta does not go to office on Sundays. This is a paid holiday. When she joined work, she was given an appointment letter stating all the terms and conditions of work. Kanta work in organized sector.
Reason: these all are the feature of Unorganized sector
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.@
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
61. Assertion: There are several goods and services that the society needs; however, the private sector does not produce all of them.
Reason: Private sector is profit driven.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. @
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
62. Assertion: In India, the primary sector is the largest employer.
Reason: The demand for services has increased enormously
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.@
63. Assertion: Kamal is Kanta’s neighbour. He is a daily wage labourer in a nearby grocery shop. He goes to the shop at 7:30 in the morning and works till 8:00 p.m. in the evening. He gets no other allowances apart from his wages. He is not paid for the days he does not work. He has therefore no leave or paid holidays. Nor was he given any formal letter saying that he has been employed in the shop. He can be asked to leave anytime by his employer. Kamal work in organized sector.
Reason: these all are the feature of Unorganized sector.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.@
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
64. Assertion: unemployment is also known as disguised employment.
Reason: In the private sector, the government owns most of the assets and provides all the services.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.@
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
65. Assertion: There are several goods and services that the society needs; however, the private sector does not produce all of them.
Reason: Private sector is profit driven.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R Are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. @
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
