Class -X
Sub - Eco MCQ. Chap -2 ( The Sectors of Indian Economy)
1. Which of the following types of activities are covered in the secondary sector?
a. It includes agriculture, forestry and dairy
b. It generates services rather than goods
c. Goods are produced by exploiting natural resources
d. Natural products are changed through manufacturing
2. Economic activities are classified as public sector and private sector on the basis of ____.
a. Ownership. b. Production. c. Employment. d. Market
3. Economic activities are divided into organized and unorganized sectors based on the:
a. Nature of activities. b. Location of activities
c. Conditions of employment. d. Number of people employed
4. A situation in which more persons are employed on a job than are optimally required.
a. Structural Unemployment. b. Disguised Unemployment
c. Cyclical Unemployment. d. Seasonal Unemployment
5. The value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a
particular year is called as :
a. Gross Domestic Product. b. Net Domestic Product
c. National Product. d. None
6. The service sector includes activities such as :
a. Agriculture , dairy , fishing and forestry
b. Making sugar , bricks and gur
c. Transport , communication and banking
d. None
7. When we produce a good by exploiting natural resources , it is an activity of
the :
a. Secondary sector. b. Primary sector
c. Tertiary sector. d. Unorganised sector
8. Which one of the following sectors is the largest employer in India ?
a. Primary sector. b. Secondary sector
c. Tertiary sector. d. None
9. Which of the following activities can be included in the Primary sector ?
a. Giving loans to the farmers
b. Making sugar from the sugarcane
c. Cultivating sugarcane
d. Providing storage facilities for the grains
10. Workers enjoy job security in ...
a. Agricultural sector. b. Private sector
c. Unorganised sector. d. Organised sector
11. The goods that reach the consumers :-
a. Intermediate goods. b. Final goods
c. Initial goods. d. None
12. Employment figures of a country are based on data collected from 5-yearly survey on employment and unemployment. Which organisation conducts this survey?
a. NREGA 2005—National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
b. ILO — International Labour Organisation
c. NSSO—National Sample Survey Organisation
d. Census of India
13. Which of the following provision makes NREGA as the Right to Work?
a. If the government fails to provide employment, it will give unemployment allowance
b. Increase in land productivity has been given the preference
c. This Act has been spread to all the districts in the country
d. None of these
14. Activities in the private sector are managed by :
a. Individuals. b. Central Government
c. State Government. d. None
15. The motive of the public sector is :
a. Training. b. Public Welfare
c. Profit. d. Marketing
16. The motive of the private sector is to :
a. Render services. b. Supply labour
c. Maximise profit. d. Minimise profit
17. Which of the following statements are correct regarding organised sector ?
a. They are registered by governments and have to follow rules and regulations.
b. Workers enjoy security of employment
c. They are expected to work only a fixed no of hours ,in case of more work overtime is paid.
d. They are supposed to get the benefits of Provident Fund and gratuity etc.
(i) a , b and c. (ii) a and d. (iii) a , b and d. (iv) a , b , c and d
18. Which of following statements are correct regarding private sectors ?
a. The ownership is in the hands of private individuals or companies .
b. The motive here is to earn maximum profit.
c. TISCO and RIL are examples of private sector.
d. TISCO and RIL are examples of public sector.
(i) a , b and c. (ii) a , b and d. (iii) a , c and d (iv) a and c
19. Which of the following is the responsibiity of the government ?
a. Running proper school and providing quality education
b. Making safe drinking water available.
c. Housing facilities for poor
d. Providing better health facilities
(i) a , b and c. (ii) a , b and d. (iii) a , c and d. (iv) a , b , c and d
20. GDP stands for :-
a. Gross Domestic Process. b. Gross Domestic Progress
c. Gross Development Product. d. Gross Domestic Product
1. d 2. a 3. c 4. b 5 . a
6. c 7. b 8. a 9.c 10. d
11. b 12. c. 13. a 14.a 15 . b
16.c 17. Iv 18. i. 19.iv 20. d
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