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UPSC CDS Indian Economy — practice questions

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Growing cotton depends mainly on rainfall, sunshine and climate. Such activities belong to the:Read the answer and worked solution →Spinning yarn from cotton or making sugar from cane is an activity of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Transport, storage, banking and trade support production without making goods. They form the:Read the answer and worked solution →The tertiary sector is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat sold to a mill and flour sold to a biscuit maker are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →Only final goods are counted in GDP because the value of intermediate goods is:Read the answer and worked solution →The value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a year is its:Read the answer and worked solution →At the initial stages of development in now developed countries, the most important sector was:Read the answer and worked solution →In the past 100 years, developed countries have shifted from the secondary to the:Read the answer and worked solution →By 2013-14, which sector had become the largest producing sector in India?Read the answer and worked solution →More than half of India's workers are in the primary sector, yet it produces only about what share of GDP?Read the answer and worked solution →All five members of Laxmi's family work on two hectares, yet removing two would not cut output. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →A well on Laxmi's field could give two people work for how many days in a season?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides water, poor farmers need cheap ___ to improve farming.Read the answer and worked solution →Setting up a dal mill or a cold storage in semi-rural areas is a way to create:Read the answer and worked solution →The Planning Commission is now known as:Read the answer and worked solution →MGNREGA 2005 guarantees rural workers how many days of employment a year?Read the answer and worked solution →If the government fails to provide MGNREGA work, it must give:Read the answer and worked solution →Kanta has regular terms, paid holidays and an appointment letter. She works in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Organised sector enterprises must follow laws such as the Factories Act and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Kamal, a daily wage worker with no paid leave who can be sacked any time, is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The unorganised sector consists of small, scattered units largely outside the control of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the tertiary workRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the three sectorsRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the economy wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Organised or informalRead the answer and worked solution →Which sectorRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Sectors bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Growing cotton depends mainly on rainfall, sunshine and climate. Such activities belong to the:

  1. Primary sector
  2. Secondary sector
  3. Tertiary sector
  4. Public sector
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Correct answer: A. Primary sector

1. The product is a natural one. 2. Agriculture and related activities are grouped here. 3. This is the primary sector. _Source: syllabus Economics, Understanding Economic Development, Chapter 2, Sectors of the Indian Economy._

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Spinning yarn from cotton or making sugar from cane is an activity of the:

  1. Unorganised sector
  2. Secondary sector
  3. Primary sector
  4. Tertiary sector
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Correct answer: B. Secondary sector

1. Natural products are changed into other forms. 2. Manufacturing is essential. 3. This is the secondary or industrial sector. _Source: syllabus Economics, Understanding Economic Development, Chapter 2, Sectors of the Indian Economy._

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Transport, storage, banking and trade support production without making goods. They form the:

  1. Tertiary sector
  2. Primary sector
  3. Secondary sector
  4. Agricultural sector
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Correct answer: A. Tertiary sector

1. These activities aid the other two sectors. 2. They produce services, not goods. 3. They form the tertiary sector. _Source: syllabus Economics, Understanding Economic Development, Chapter 2, Sectors of the Indian Economy._

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