MCQs For NCERT Class 10 Social Science Chapter 2 Sectors of The Indian Economy

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Sectors of The Indian Economy Class 10 MCQ Questions with Answers

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Question. Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited, Reliance Industries Limited are examples of:
(a) Public sector
(b) Private sector
(c) Mixed sector
(d) All the above

Question. Good produced by exploiting natural resources belong which of the following sectors:
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Tertiary
(d) None of the above

Question. Which of the following sector forms the base for all the other products that we subsequently make:
(a) Secondary
(b) Tertiary
(c) Primary
(d) None of the above

Question. The sector most important in developed countries is:
(а) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) All the above

Question. Production in the period 1973-2003 has increased the most in:
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) All the above

Question. Primary sector is also called as:
(a) First sector
(b) Starting sector
(c) Agriculture related sector
(d) Natural sector

Question. The sector which covers activities in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing is called:
(а) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) None of the above

Question. The sector which includes activities that help in the development of the primary and secondary sectors is:
(a) Industrial sector
(b) Factory sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) None of the above

Question. Transport, storage, communication, banking, trade are examples of:
(а) Secondary sector
(b) Primary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) None of the above

Question. The full form of NREGA is:
(a) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(b) National Rural Employed Goods Act
(c) Natural Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(d) none of the above

Question. Under NREGA 2005, all those who are able to, and are in need of work have been guaranteed:
(a) 200 days employment in a year by the government
(b) 150 days employment in a year by the government
(c) 100 days employment in a year by the government
(d) None of the above

Question. The table below shows the estimated number of workers in India in the organised and unorganised sectors. Read the table carefully and answer the question given below.

How is the Tertiary sector different from other sectors of the economic activities?
(a) It does not provide or produce goods.
(b) Activities of the tertiary sector help in the development of secondary and primary sectors.
(c) It forms the base for all other products that we subsequently make.
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Question. Match the following.

Codes
(a) A → 1, B → 3, C → 2
(b) A → 2, B → 1, C → 3
(c) A → 3, B → 1, C → 2
(d) A → 2, B → 3, C → 1

Question. Assertion (A) Tertiary sector has emerged the largest producing sector of India.
Reason (R) More than half of the workers in the country are working in the Primary sector.
Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.

Question. In terms of the GDP, What is the share of the tertiary sector in 2013-14? Identify from the given options.
(a) Between 20 % to 30%
(b) Between 30 % to 40 %
(c) Between 50 % to 60%
(d) More than 70 %

Question. In which sector the government owns most of the assets and provides all the services?
(a) Joint sector
(b) Cooperative sector
(c) Private sector
(d) Public sector

Question. Tertiary sector is also called:
(a) Service sector
(b) Industrial sector
(c) Factory sector
(d) Working sector

Question. The task of measuring GDP in India is undertaken by:
(а) Parliament
(b) State government ministry
(c) Central government ministry
(d) None of the above

Question. The purpose of the public sector is:
(a) To earn profits
(b) Not just to earn profits
(c) To run the government
(d) To provide employment

Question. Growth of cotton plant mainly depends on natural factors such as:
(а) Rainfall
(b) Sunshine
(c) Climate
(d) All the above

Write true (T) or false (F)

Question. In India, the task of measuring GDP is undertaken by the Central government ministry.

Question. Secondary sector in India employs many different kinds of people.

Question. Workers in agricultural sector are less employed.

Question. Now-a-days most of the working people are employed in the service sector.

Question. Over the thirty years between 1973 and 2003, the production in the tertiary sector has increased the most.

Question. In secondary sector, the product is produced by nature and therefore some process of manufacturing is essential.

Question. The secondary sector is also called industrial sector.

Question. In 2003, the tertiary sector has emerged as the largest producing sector in India replacing the secondary sector.

Question. Hidden employment is also called disguised unemployment.

Question. The central government in India recently made a law implementing the Right to Work in 200 districts of India.

Question. Under NREGA 2005, all those who are able to, and are in need of work have been guaranteed 200 days of employment in a year by the government.

Question. In past times most of the people were employed in the secondary sector.

Question. In the past 100 years, there has been a shift from primary to secondary sector in developed countries.

Question. A remarkable fact about India is that while there has been a change in the share of the three sectors in GDP, a similar shift has also taken place in employment.

Question. More than half of the workers in the country are working in the primary sector.

Fill in the blanks

Question. As time passed, ……………………… sector became the most important in total production and employment.

Question. Agriculture, dairy, fishing, etc. are included in the ……………………… and related sector.

Question. In secondary sector, the ……………………… is not produced by nature but has to be made and therefore some process of manufacturing is essential

Question. In the past 100 years, there has been a further shift from secondary to ……………………… sector in developed countries.

Question. ……………………… sector covers those enterprises where the terms of employment are regular.

Question. It makes sense only to include ……………………… goods and services.

Question. ……………………… goods are used up in producing final goods and services.

Match the following

Column-I	Column-II	Column-III
1. The purpose of the public sector is	(а) whole range	(A) earn money
2. Modern day governments spend on a	(b) privately	(B) sector
3. TISCO and RIL are	(c) in the public	(C) earn profits
4. Railways and Post Office are	(d) by the motive to	(D) owned to
5. Activities in the private sector are guided	(e) not just to	(E) of activities