CHAPTER 14: ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AROUND US
1. What is the main focus of Chapter 14?
A. Types of governments
B. Economic activities and their classification into sectors
C. The history of ancient kingdoms
D. The working of courts
Answer: B. Economic activities and their classification into sectors
2. What is monetary value?
A. The number of people involved in an activity
B. The amount of time spent working
C. The value of something that can be measured in terms of money
D. The natural resources used in production
Answer: C. The value of something that can be measured in terms of money
3. What are economic sectors?
A. Broad groups of activities that contribute to the economic prosperity of a nation
B. Different types of government offices
C. Groups of people living in villages
D. Organisations that provide only free services
Answer: A. Broad groups of activities that contribute to the economic prosperity of a nation
4. How many main types of economic sectors are discussed in the chapter?
A. One
B. Two
C. Four
D. Three
Answer: D. Three
5. Which of the following correctly lists the three economic sectors?
A. Rural, urban and national
B. Primary, secondary and tertiary
C. Agricultural, industrial and political
D. Local, State and Central
Answer: B. Primary, secondary and tertiary
6. What characterises primary sector activities?
A. They involve only selling finished products
B. They provide only banking services
C. People depend directly on nature to produce goods
D. They involve only manufacturing in factories
Answer: C. People depend directly on nature to produce goods
7. Which of the following is a primary sector activity?
A. Agriculture
B. Banking
C. Software development
D. Healthcare
Answer: A. Agriculture
8. Which activity is included in the primary sector?
A. Communication
B. Construction
C. Transportation
D. Mining
Answer: D. Mining
9. Which of the following is another primary sector activity?
A. Retail trade
B. Fishing
C. Electricity distribution
D. Software development
Answer: B. Fishing
10. Which activity involves raising animals and belongs to the primary sector?
A. Banking
B. Manufacturing
C. Raising livestock
D. Communication
Answer: C. Raising livestock
11. What is forestry in the context of the primary sector?
A. An activity associated with forests and natural resources
B. A service provided by hospitals
C. The manufacturing of automobiles
D. The selling of finished clothes
Answer: A. An activity associated with forests and natural resources
12. Which of the following is an example of a primary sector activity mentioned in the chapter?
A. Making furniture from wood
B. Producing flour in a mill
C. Manufacturing cars
D. Cultivating grains and vegetables
Answer: D. Cultivating grains and vegetables
13. What are secondary sector activities?
A. Activities that provide only personal care
B. Activities that process raw materials to produce goods
C. Activities that depend only on selling services
D. Activities that involve only extracting raw materials
Answer: B. Activities that process raw materials to produce goods
14. Which of the following belongs to the secondary sector?
A. Fishing
B. Banking
C. Manufacturing
D. Healthcare
Answer: C. Manufacturing
15. Which activity is included in the secondary sector?
A. Construction of buildings and roads
B. Selling vegetables directly to consumers
C. Providing legal advice
D. Transporting passengers
Answer: A. Construction of buildings and roads
16. Which of the following is an example of a utility included in the secondary sector in the chapter?
A. Banking
B. Healthcare
C. Retail trade
D. Water supply
Answer: D. Water supply
17. How is flour produced from grains an example of a secondary sector activity?
A. Grains are sold directly without processing
B. Raw agricultural produce is processed into another product
C. Grains are extracted from mines
D. Flour is used to provide banking services
Answer: B. Raw agricultural produce is processed into another product
18. What is produced when wood from forests is processed for use in furniture-making?
A. Raw fish
B. Milk
C. Furniture
D. Coal
Answer: C. Furniture
19. Which raw material is used to make clothes, as explained in the chapter?
A. Cotton
B. Coal
C. Milk
D. Fish
Answer: A. Cotton
20. Which material obtained from iron ore is used to make automobiles such as cars and trucks?
A. Paper
B. Flour
C. Cotton
D. Steel
Answer: D. Steel
21. According to the table on page 200, how many passenger vehicles like cars were produced in India in 2022?
A. 10.3 lakhs
B. 45 lakhs
C. 8.6 lakhs
D. 2 crores
Answer: B. 45 lakhs
22. According to the table on page 200, how many commercial vehicles like trucks were produced in India in 2022?
A. 45 lakhs
B. 8.6 lakhs
C. 10.3 lakhs
D. 2 crores
Answer: C. 10.3 lakhs
23. According to the table on page 200, how many three-wheelers were produced in India in 2022?
A. 8.6 lakhs
B. 45 lakhs
C. 10.3 lakhs
D. 2 crores
Answer: A. 8.6 lakhs
24. According to the table on page 200, how many two-wheelers were produced in India in 2022?
A. 45 lakhs
B. 10.3 lakhs
C. 8.6 lakhs
D. 2 crores
Answer: D. 2 crores
25. What are tertiary sector activities?
A. Activities that only extract natural resources
B. Activities that provide services supporting the primary and secondary sectors
C. Activities that only manufacture goods
D. Activities that involve only farming
Answer: B. Activities that provide services supporting the primary and secondary sectors
26. Which of the following is a tertiary sector activity?
A. Mining
B. Agriculture
C. Banking
D. Forestry
Answer: C. Banking
27. Which of the following is an example of a tertiary sector activity?
A. Transportation
B. Mining
C. Fishing
D. Cultivating crops
Answer: A. Transportation
28. Which sector includes doctors, nurses and teachers providing services?
A. Primary sector
B. Secondary sector
C. Agricultural sector only
D. Tertiary sector
Answer: D. Tertiary sector
29. What is another name for the tertiary sector?
A. Manufacturing sector
B. Service sector
C. Farming sector
D. Extraction sector
Answer: B. Service sector
30. What are warehouses?
A. Buildings used only for manufacturing cars
B. Places where raw materials are extracted from nature
C. Large buildings used for storing products before they are sold, used or rented out to shops
D. Places where only medical services are provided
Answer: C. Large buildings used for storing products before they are sold, used or rented out to shops
31. What does the chapter mean by interdependence among sectors?
A. The three sectors depend on and support one another
B. Each sector works completely independently
C. Only the primary sector contributes to production
D. The tertiary sector does not support other sectors
Answer: A. The three sectors depend on and support one another
32. Which dairy cooperative is used as an example to explain the interdependence of economic sectors?
A. Nandini
B. Mother Dairy
C. Sudha
D. AMUL
Answer: D. AMUL
33. In which district of Gujarat is the dairy cooperative example discussed in the chapter set?
A. Surat district
B. Anand district
C. Kutch district
D. Rajkot district
Answer: B. Anand district
34. What problem did milk farmers face before the formation of the cooperative?
A. They had too many factories of their own
B. They could not produce milk
C. They depended on middlemen who bought milk at low prices
D. They were unable to keep livestock
Answer: C. They depended on middlemen who bought milk at low prices
35. Who advised the farmers to form a cooperative to become independent of middlemen?
A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B. Swami Vivekananda
C. Kauṭilya
D. Rajesh the carpenter
Answer: A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
36. In which year was AMUL set up?
A. 1942
B. 1950
C. 1965
D. 1946
Answer: D. 1946
37. Under whose leadership was AMUL set up, according to the chapter?
A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Swami Vivekananda
B. Tribhuvandas Patel and Dr. Varghese Kurien
C. Kauṭilya and Rajesh
D. Anu and Kabir
Answer: B. Tribhuvandas Patel and Dr. Varghese Kurien
38. What is a cooperative?
A. A private shop owned by one person only
B. A government court
C. A group of people who voluntarily come together to meet their economic and social needs
D. A company that provides only transport services
Answer: C. A group of people who voluntarily come together to meet their economic and social needs
39. What is the role of middlemen?
A. They buy goods from producers and sell them to consumers
B. They manufacture every product from raw materials
C. They provide only healthcare services
D. They grow crops on every farm
Answer: A. They buy goods from producers and sell them to consumers
40. What is pasteurisation?
A. A process of freezing all products permanently
B. A method of converting milk into furniture
C. A process of transporting goods by road
D. A process of heating milk to a specific temperature to kill harmful bacteria
Answer: D. A process of heating milk to a specific temperature to kill harmful bacteria
41. Which products did the farmers begin producing when the quantity of milk collected increased?
A. Cars and trucks
B. Butter and milk powder
C. Paper and books
D. Cotton clothes and furniture
Answer: B. Butter and milk powder
42. Which of the following correctly identifies a primary sector activity in the AMUL example?
A. Transporting milk products to shops
B. Processing milk into butter
C. Farmers obtaining milk from cows or buffaloes
D. Selling packaged milk in retail stores
Answer: C. Farmers obtaining milk from cows or buffaloes
43. Which activity in the AMUL example belongs to the secondary sector?
A. Processing liquid milk into milk powder, ghee, cheese and butter
B. Milking cows on farms
C. Transporting products to shops
D. Selling products in retail stores
Answer: A. Processing liquid milk into milk powder, ghee, cheese and butter
44. Which activity in the AMUL example belongs to the tertiary sector?
A. Raising livestock
B. Collecting milk directly from cows
C. Processing milk in a factory
D. Transporting and selling milk products
Answer: D. Transporting and selling milk products
45. Which of the following is identified as a milk cooperative in Karnataka?
A. Verka
B. Nandini
C. Sudha
D. Aavin
Answer: B. Nandini
46. Which milk cooperative is associated with Bihar in the chapter?
A. Mother Dairy
B. Kevi
C. Sudha
D. Nandini
Answer: C. Sudha
47. According to Figure 14.1 on page 206, what is the starting raw material used to make the paper for textbooks?
A. Pulp obtained from the wood fibre of trees
B. Milk from dairy farms
C. Cotton clothes
D. Iron ore
Answer: A. Pulp obtained from the wood fibre of trees
48. Why are all three economic sectors needed to produce textbooks, according to the chapter?
A. Only the tertiary sector can produce books
B. Primary activities are not required for paper
C. Manufacturing can happen without raw materials or services
D. The process involves obtaining raw materials, processing them into paper and books, and transporting and selling the finished products
Answer: D. The process involves obtaining raw materials, processing them into paper and books, and transporting and selling the finished products
49. According to the chapter, how many trees can be saved by recycling one tonne of paper?
A. 7 trees
B. 17 trees
C. 70 trees
D. 170 trees
Answer: B. 17 trees
50. Which statement best summarises Chapter 14?
A. Only primary sector activities are important
B. The three sectors do not depend on one another
C. Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors perform different but interconnected roles in economic life
D. Economic activities involve only manufacturing
Answer: C. Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors perform different but interconnected roles in economic life
