Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 14 — Chapter 14: Economic Activities Around Us
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is a primary economic activity? [1]
(A) Farming
(B) Manufacturing cars
(C) Teaching
(D) Banking
2. What is a secondary economic activity? [1]
(A) Manufacturing furniture
(B) Farming
(C) Teaching
(D) Banking
3. What is a tertiary economic activity? [1]
(A) Banking
(B) Farming
(C) Mining
(D) Manufacturing
4. What do primary activities involve? [1]
(A) Extracting raw materials
(B) Providing services
(C) Manufacturing only
(D) Nothing specific
5. What do secondary activities involve? [1]
(A) Transforming raw materials into products
(B) Extracting resources only
(C) Providing services only
(D) Nothing specific
6. What do tertiary activities involve? [1]
(A) Providing services
(B) Extracting resources
(C) Manufacturing physical products
(D) Nothing
7. What often happens as economies develop? [1]
(A) A shift towards tertiary activities
(B) A shift away from all activities
(C) No change ever
(D) A shift only to primary activities
8. Are the three sectors interconnected? [1]
(A) Yes
(B) No, completely separate
(C) Only sometimes
(D) Never connected
9. What does interdependence mean in economic activities? [1]
(A) Sectors rely on each other
(B) Sectors work completely alone
(C) No connection between sectors
(D) Only one sector matters
10. What does the primary sector provide for the secondary sector? [1]
(A) Raw materials
(B) Finished products
(C) Banking services
(D) Transportation only
11. What does the tertiary sector help with? [1]
(A) Getting goods to consumers
(B) Growing crops
(C) Extracting minerals
(D) Nothing
12. What happens if there's a poor harvest? [1]
(A) It can affect factories relying on crops
(B) Nothing else is affected
(C) Only farmers are affected
(D) It affects nothing
13. Why is understanding interdependence useful? [1]
(A) It shows how connected the economy is
(B) No use
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for farmers
14. What is an example of primary sector output feeding secondary sector? [1]
(A) Cotton for making cloth
(B) Teaching a class
(C) Banking a loan
(D) Selling insurance
15. Why support all economic sectors? [1]
(A) They are all interconnected and important
(B) Only one sector matters
(C) No reason
(D) Sectors don't need support
16. What can a problem in one sector cause? [1]
(A) Impact on other dependent sectors
(B) No effect elsewhere
(C) Only benefits
(D) Nothing happens