Economics – Chapter 2: Sectors of the Indian Economy
Assignment No.- 1
Important Questions by Akash Sir ( Asked In Board Exams )
1. Explain the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary sectors using examples.
2. Students in a school are often classified into primary and secondary or junior and senior. What is the criterion that is used? Do you think this is a useful classification? Discuss.
3. Define the Organised Sector and explain the working conditions.
4. Explain the definition of the Service Sector.
5. What is called the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country?
6. What does the history of developed countries indicate about the shifts that have taken place between sectors?
7. Compare and contrast the changes in India with the pattern that was observed for developed countries. What kind of changes between sectors were desired but did not happen in India?
8. Why should we be worried about underemployment? In what ways can one increase employment for people?
9. Why do you think MGNREGA 2005 is referred to as ‘ Right to work’?
10. How would income and employment increase if farmers were provided with irrigation and marketing facilities?
11. Explain the working procedure of the Unorganised Sector.
12. State a reason why intermediate goods are not considered in the value of final goods.
13. For each of the sectors that we came across in this chapter why should one focus on employment and GDP? Could there be other issues which should be examined? Discuss.
14. What do you understand by disguised unemployment? Explain with an example each from the urban and rural areas.
15. Distinguish between open unemployment and disguised unemployment.
16. “Tertiary sector is not playing any significant role in the development of the Indian economy.” Do you agree? Give reasons in support of your answer.
17. Justify the statement that “ Income and employment will increase if farmers are provided irrigation and marketing facilities”.
18. Workers are exploited in the unorganised sector. Do you agree with this view? Give reasons in support of your answer.
19. Give a few examples of public sector activities and explain why the government has taken them up.
20. Explain how public sector contributes to the economic development of a nation.
21. Name the sector in which the government owns most of the assets and provides all the services.
22. “The problem of underemployment is not confined only to agriculture”. Support the statement with examples.
23. Explain any three ways to solve the problem of underemployment.