{"id":2425,"date":"2025-05-01T20:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2025-05-01T20:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:34:16","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-sectors-of-the-indian-economy-consider-the-following-pairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-sectors-of-the-indian-economy-consider-the-following-pairs","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the sectors of the Indian economy, consider the following pairs:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/td>Economic activity <\/strong><\/td>Sector<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1.<\/td>Storage of agricultural produce <\/td>Secondary<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Dairy farm<\/td>Primary<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Mineral exploration <\/td>Tertiary<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>Weaving cloth <\/td>Secondary<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How many of the Pairs given above are correctly matched?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Only one<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Only two<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Only three<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • All four<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \n

    Answer: (c) Only three<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    • The Indian economy is broadly divided into three sectors:\u00a0primary, secondary, and tertiary<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The\u00a0primary sector involves agriculture, mining, and fishing; the secondary sector includes manufacturing; and the tertiary sector encompasses services like IT, banking, and healthcare<\/strong>.\n
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      • Storage of agricultural produce<\/strong>\u00a0falls under the\u00a0tertiary sector<\/strong>\u00a0because it involves services related to storage, logistics, and distribution.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • A dairy farm is part of the primary sector,<\/strong>\u00a0which includes activities related to agriculture and animal husbandry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Mineral exploration is part of the\u00a0tertiary sector\u00a0<\/strong>as it involves the exploration of natural resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Weaving cloth is part of the secondary sector,<\/strong>\u00a0which involves manufacturing and industrial activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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        \"sectors<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
        Primary Sector:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • In Primary sector of economy, activities are undertaken by\u00a0directly using natural resources<\/strong>. Agriculture, Mining, Fishing, Forestry, Dairy etc. are some examples of this sector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • It is called so because it\u00a0forms the base for all other products<\/strong>. Since most of the natural products we get are from\u00a0agriculture, dairy, forestry, fishing, it is also called Agriculture and allied sector.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • People engaged in primary activities are called\u00a0red-collar workers<\/strong>\u00a0due to the outdoor nature of their work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          Secondary Sector:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • It includes the industries where\u00a0finished products are made from natural materials produced in the primary sector.<\/strong>\u00a0Industrial production, cotton fabric, sugar cane production etc. activities comes under this sector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Hence its the part of a country\u2019s economy that manufactures goods, rather than producing raw materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Since this sector is associated with different kinds of industries, it is also called\u00a0industrial sector<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • People engaged in secondary activities are called\u00a0blue collar workers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Examples of manufacturing sector:<\/strong>\n
              \n
            • Small workshops producing pots, artisan production.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Mills producing textiles,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Factories producing steel, chemicals, plastic, car.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Food production such as brewing plants, and food processing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Oil refinery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              Tertiary Sector\/Service Sector:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
                \n
              • This sector\u2019s activities\u00a0help in the development of the primary and secondary sectors<\/strong>. By itself, economic activities in tertiary sector do not produce a goods but\u00a0they are an aid or a support for the production.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Goods transported by trucks or trains, banking, insurance, finance etc. come under the sector. It provides the value addition to a product same as secondary sector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • This sector jobs are called\u00a0white collar jobs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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                Economic activity  Sector 1. Storage of agricultural produce  Secondary 2. Dairy farm Primary 3. Mineral exploration  Tertiary 4. Weaving cloth  Secondary How many of the Pairs given above are correctly matched? Answer: (c) Only three Primary Sector: Secondary Sector: Tertiary Sector\/Service Sector:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[38],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-economy","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":38,"label":"Indian Economy"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":38,"name":"Indian Economy","slug":"indian-economy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":38,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":225,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}