Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 19 — Chapter 19: Sectors of the Indian Economy
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does the primary sector include? [1]
(A) Agriculture, fishing and mining
(B) Only banking
(C) Only manufacturing
(D) Only education
2. What does the secondary sector involve? [1]
(A) Manufacturing and processing raw materials
(B) Only extracting raw materials
(C) Only providing services
(D) Only farming
3. What is an example of secondary sector activity? [1]
(A) Turning cotton into cloth
(B) Growing cotton
(C) Selling insurance
(D) Teaching students
4. What does the tertiary sector include? [1]
(A) Banking, education and healthcare
(B) Only farming
(C) Only mining
(D) Only manufacturing
5. What role does the tertiary sector play? [1]
(A) Supporting other economic activities
(B) No role at all
(C) Only extracting resources
(D) Only manufacturing goods
6. What shift happens as economies develop? [1]
(A) Employment shifts from primary to secondary and tertiary
(B) Employment stays exactly the same
(C) Employment shifts only to primary
(D) No shift occurs
7. What does this shift reflect? [1]
(A) Changing patterns of production and consumption
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only population changes
(D) Only weather changes
8. Why classify economic activities into sectors? [1]
(A) It helps understand how economies function and develop
(B) No reason
(C) Only for tests
(D) It's not useful
9. What characterises the organised sector? [1]
(A) Job security and legal protections
(B) No job security at all
(C) Only informal work
(D) No regulation whatsoever
10. What is an example of organised sector work? [1]
(A) A government job
(B) Street vending
(C) Daily wage labour with no contract
(D) Informal home-based work
11. What characterises the unorganised sector? [1]
(A) Lack of job security and regular income
(B) Guaranteed job security
(C) Full legal protection always
(D) High regular wages always
12. What is an example of unorganised sector work? [1]
(A) Street vending
(B) A registered company job
(C) A government job
(D) A unionised factory job
13. What proportion of India's workforce is in the unorganised sector? [1]
(A) A significant majority
(B) A tiny minority
(C) None at all
(D) Exactly half
14. What challenges do unorganised sector workers face? [1]
(A) Unstable income and poor conditions
(B) Guaranteed stability
(C) Excellent working conditions always
(D) No challenges at all
15. What do government efforts aim to do? [1]
(A) Improve conditions and provide protection
(B) Ignore unorganised sector workers
(C) Eliminate the unorganised sector entirely
(D) Reduce all worker protections
16. Why is this classification important to understand? [1]
(A) It highlights disparities in worker protection and security
(B) No reason
(C) Only for tests
(D) It's not useful