Sectors Of The Indian Economy Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge

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Want to revise Class 10 Economics for your CBSE board exams? The chapter "Sectors of the Indian Economy" is crucial as it explains the Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary sectors, their role in GDP, employment patterns, and organized vs. unorganized sectors.

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Chapter Name: Sectors of the Indian Economy
Subject: Social Science (Economics)
Book: NCERT Class 10 Economics
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
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Chapter 2 - Sectors of the Indian Economy

1 / 15

Which was the largest sector in 1973 in India in terms of employment?

Private sector

Primary sector

Public sector

Tertiary sector

2 / 15

In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.

Assertion (A): Not every good or service that is produced and sold needs to be counted to know the total production in each sector.

Reason (R): The value of final goods already includes the value of all the intermediate goods.

A is correct but R is wrong.

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

A is wrong but R is correct.

3 / 15

Fill in the blank:

Sector	Criteria Used
Primary, Secondary & Tertiary	Nature of economic activity
Organized & Unorganized	?

Nature of political activities

Nature of social activities

Nature of production activities

Nature of employment activities

4 / 15

Observe the graph given below:

Which of the following statements BEST explains the graph?

The production in all three sectors has increased and all three sectors have similar growth.

The production in all three sectors has increased and it has increased the most in the primary sector.

The production in all three sectors has increased and it has increased the most in the tertiary sector.

The production in all three sectors has decreased and it has decreased the most in the primary sector.

5 / 15

Which of the following gives the CORRECT explanation of Gross Domestic Product?

The value of final goods and services is added for secondary and tertiary sectors for one year.

The value of goods is added for the primary sector for one year.

The value of final goods and services is added up for all three sectors for one year.

The value of every good and service is added up for all three sectors for one year.

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Which of the following examples fall under an organized sector?

A daily wage laborer working for a contractor.

A tailor stitching clothes at his home.

A cleaning staff in a private school.

An engineer gets all employment benefits.

7 / 15

A woman works at a sweet shop in her village on a contract basis and gets a meager salary after working the entire day. She doesn’t get any holidays or paid leave, rather her employer deducts her salary whenever she is absent from work. Find out in which of the following sectors she is working.

Primary sector

Service sector

Organized sector

Unorganized sector

8 / 15

According to 2017-18 data, the share of different sectors in employment (percentage) in India was

Primary sector - 44%

Secondary sector – 25%

Tertiary sector – 31%

Out of the three sectors, why did the ratio of employment in the Primary sector high?

Select the most suitable option from the following:

Efforts of labor are not equivalent in all the sectors.

Outsourcing of job opportunities in the secondary sector.

Low job opportunities in the secondary sector.

Workers in the primary sector are underemployed.

9 / 15

A man is employed on a food processing farm where he has to do a lot of manual work. His wife and daughter also help him with his work on the farm every day. Which type of employment is this an example?

Over employment

Seasonal employment

Cyclical employment

Under employment

10 / 15

The sectors are classified into public and private sectors on the basis of:

Employment conditions

Number of workers employed in the enterprise

Ownership of enterprises

The nature of economic activity

11 / 15

If there is a disruption by transporters and lorries refuse to transport vegetables, milk, etc. from rural areas to urban areas, food will become scarce in urban areas, whereas farmers will be unable to sell their products.
Which of the following sectors will be affected due to the situation stated above?

Secondary and Tertiary

Tertiary, Primary, and Secondary

Tertiary and Primary.

Primary and Secondary

12 / 15

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA) states a guarantee of a minimum of 100 days of employment per year. If the government is unable to fulfill these 100 days of employment, the government would have to _____.

Provide another scheme for the same

Provide health care as compensation

Pay the compensation in lieu of these days

Pay at least 1/3 percent allowance

13 / 15

Which of the following explains the rising importance of the tertiary sector in our country?

Increased formalization of the service sector

The decreasing importance of other sectors

Global pressure to develop the tertiary sector

Greater demand for services

14 / 15

Which of the following is an example of the dependency of the primary sector on the tertiary sector?

Farmers suffered a loss when there was not enough water to grow cotton.

Weavers made less money because the shops did not want to sell handloom products.

Diary and poultry producers suffered a loss when the shops went on strike.

The bank employees could not reach on time due to a transportation strike.

15 / 15

Choose the correct option from the following:

List I (Example)	List II (Sector)
a. Courier	Tertiary sector
b. Fisherman	Secondary sector
c. Carpenter	Primary sector
d. Transporter	Secondary sector

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sectors
✔ Comparison of Different Sectors
✔ Public vs. Private Sector
✔ Organized and Unorganized Sectors
✔ GDP Contribution of Different Sectors
✔ Employment Patterns in India
✔ Government Policies and the Economy

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