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question_answer1) Name the sector of economy that does not produce any goods.
question_answer2) Classify the economic sector on the basis of ownership?
question_answer3) Name the sector of economy that mostly produce base material for development of other sectors?
question_answer4) What type of goods are counted for calculation of GDP in India?
question_answer5) Mention the advantage of accounting final goods in calculation of GDP.
question_answer6) Account the share of Tertiary sector to the GDP of India in 2003.
question_answer7) Find the odd one out and say why? Tourist guide, vegetable vender, auto-driver, police constable.
question_answer8) Name one example of Tertiary but unorganised sector of economy.
question_answer9) Do you think Primary sector is linked with Tertiary sector? Give one example if yes.
question_answer10) Write one limitation of calculating the GDP of a nation.
question_answer11) Do you think all nations follow a specific pattern of development?
question_answer12) Can you predict the most dominant sector of economy of India in 2020?
question_answer13) Mention different sectors of economy.
question_answer14) Which sector of economy in India bears most of the workforce?
question_answer15) Suggest at least one measure to increase employment in urban area.
question_answer16) During the initial stages of development, which is the most important sector of economic activity?
question_answer17) Denote the situation in which more persons are employed on a job than are optimally required.
question_answer18) According to Planning Commission, what is the potential of Tourism sector in India?
question_answer19) Give one suggestion to neutralise disguised unemployment in Agriculture sector.
question_answer20) What is the most important reason for labour abundance in Primary sector in India?
question_answer21) The graph shows the employment pattern of a country in 2010. Imagine the status of development of the country.
question_answer22) 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?
question_answer23) 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?
question_answer24) Give one example of organised Primary sector.
question_answer25) Why do you think NREGA 2005 is referred to a 'Right to work'?
question_answer26) Give reason about higher employment in Primary sector in India.
question_answer27) Name one source from which we can get data for employment and unemployment in India.
question_answer28) 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?
question_answer29) What are final goods?
question_answer30) Give brief idea about GDP?
question_answer31) Why is Tertiary sector gaining importance in India? Explain any three reasons.
question_answer32) 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.
question_answer33) What is meant by disguised unemployment? Give one example each from rural and urban areas.
question_answer34) Explain the difference in employment conditions in organised and unorganized sectors.
question_answer35) Describe the role played by National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in improving the employment situation in India.
question_answer36) "Workers are exploited in unorganised sectors in India". Support the statement with suitable examples. Workers are really exploited in unorganised sectors in India.
question_answer37) Highlight any three differences between intermediate goods and final goods.
question_answer38) Why has the government taken up the responsibility of Public sector activities in a country like India? Explain any three reasons.
question_answer39) Suggest any three ways to create more employment avenues in urban areas.
question_answer40) Explain how Public sector contributes to the economic development of a nation.
question_answer41) How is Tertiary sector different from other sectors? Illustrate with a few examples.
question_answer42) "Tertiary sector is not playing any significant role in the development of Indian Economy." Do you agree? Give reasons in support of your answer.
question_answer43) Service sector in India employs two different kinds of people. Who are these?
question_answer44) Compare the employment conditions prevailing in the Organised and Unorganised sector.
question_answer45) Explain the objectives of implementing the NREGA 2005.
question_answer46) Give a few examples of Public sector activities and explain why the government has taken them up.
question_answer47) Distinguish between open unemployment and disguised unemployment?
question_answer48) How would income and employment increase if farmers were provided with irrigation and marketing facilities?
question_answer49) 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)
question_answer50) What is the significance of Secondary sector in Indian economy? How does it help in the economic development of the country?
question_answer51) Explain the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary sectors using examples other than those mentioned in the text.
question_answer52) 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
question_answer53) 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.
question_answer54) What does the history of developed countries indicate about the shifts that have taken place between sectors?
question_answer55) 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.
question_answer56) 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?
question_answer57) 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.
question_answer58) 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?
question_answer59) Why should we be worried about underemployment?
question_answer60) 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.
question_answer61) How would income and employment increase of farmers were provided with irrigation and marketing facilities?
question_answer62) In what ways can employment be increased in urban areas?
question_answer63) 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.
question_answer64) Distinguish between Primary sector and Secondary sector by stating four points of distinction.
question_answer65) 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.
question_answer66) Define the term 'Unorganised sector'. Explain any three reasons why people like to work in the Organised sector.
question_answer67) What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? How do we count the various goods and services for calculating GDP? Explain with examples.
question_answer68) Explain how Public sector contributes to the economic development of India.
question_answer69) Mention any four advantages of working in the Organised sector.
question_answer70) 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?
question_answer71) 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?
question_answer72) Do you think the classification of economic activities into Primary, Secondary and Tertiary is useful? Explain how.
question_answer73) 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.
question_answer74) 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.
question_answer75) Workers are exploited in the Unorganised sector. Do you agree with this view? Give reasons in support of your answer.
question_answer76) How are the activities in the economy classified on the basis of employment conditions?
question_answer77) The workers in the Unorganised sector need protection on the following issues-wages, safety and health. Explain with examples.
question_answer78) 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.
question_answer79) 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.
question_answer80) 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.
question_answer81) 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?
question_answer82) 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.
question_answer83) Explain the rational for naming the Primary sector as Primary.
question_answer84) 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.
question_answer85) Which was the largest producing sector in 197 3?
question_answer86) Which is the largest producing sector in 2003?
question_answer87) Can you say which sector has grown the most over, thirty years?
question_answer88) What was the GDP of India in 2003?
question_answer89) 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.
question_answer90) 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.
question_answer91) How would you distinguish between organized and unorganized sectors? Explain in your own words.
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