Leran from MCQs based on the chapter “Sectors of Indian Economy” CBSE Class 10 NCERT Economics. These MCQs have been selected from Previous Years’ CBSE Class 10 Social Science Board Exams. Click here for more resources on Class 10 Economics.
MCQs: Sectors of Indian Economy
Q.1 Which one of the following sectors shows the highest share in employment in 2017-18, in India? [CBSE 2022-2023]
- (A) Primary
- (B) Secondary
- (C) Tertiary
- (D) Quaternary
Ans: Option (A) is correct.
Explanation: The primary sector, which includes agriculture and allied services, provided the highest employment rate (44%) in India in 2017-18.
Q.2 Fill in the blanks: [2022-2023]
Options:
- (A) Nature of Employment Activities
- (B) Nature of Social Activities
- (C) Nature of Production Activities
- (D) Nature of Political Activities
Ans: Option (A) is correct.
Explanation: Organised and unorganised sectors classify activities based on the nature of employment and associated protections.
Q.3 Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? (2023)
- (a) Primary Sector – Fisherman
- (b) Secondary Sector – Priest
- (c) Tertiary Sector – Basket Weaver
- (d) Quaternary Sector – Gardener
Ans: (a) Primary Sector – Fisherman
Q.4 Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?(2023)
- (a) Primary Sector – Flower Cultivator
- (b) Secondary Sector – Milk Vendor
- (c) Tertiary Sector – Fisherman
- (d) Manufacturing Sector – Gardener
Ans: (a) Primary Sector – Flower Cultivator
Q.5 Kanta works in an office. She gets her salary regularly at the end of every month. In addition, she also gets other benefits laid down by the government. In which of the following sectors is Kanta working? (2023)
- (a) Organised Sector
- (b) Unorganised Sector
- (c) Primary Sector
- (d) Quaternary Sector
Ans: (a) Organised Sector
Q.6 Which of the following organisations provides data regarding employment in India? (2023)
- (a) National Statistical Office
- (b) Niti Aayog
- (c) National Informatics Centre
- (d) Public Service Commission
Ans: (a) National Statistical Office
Q.7 Find the odd one out from the following options: (2022-23)
- (a) Tourist Guide, Barber, Tailor, Potter
- (b) Teacher, Doctor, Vegetable Vendor, Lawyer
- (c) Postman, Cobbler, Soldier, Police Constable
- (d) Indian Railways, Jet Airways, Doordarshan, Metro
Ans: (d) Indian Railways, Jet Airways, Doordarshan, Metro
Q.8 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 in his work on the farm every day. Of which type of employment is this an example? [CBSE SQP 2022]
- (a) Disguised employment
- (b) Seasonal employment
- (c) Over employment
- (d) Cyclical employment
Ans: (a) Disguised employment
Explanation: This is an example of disguised employment, where more people are working on a task than required, resulting in lower productivity. The additional workers (wife and daughter) do not contribute significantly to the output.
Q.9 According to 2017-2018 data, the share of different sectors in employment (percentage) in India was: (2021-22)
- Primary Sector – 44%
- Secondary Sector – 25%
- Tertiary Sector – 31%
Q.10 Why is the ratio of employment in the Primary Sector high?
- (a) Workers in the Primary Sector are underemployed
- (b) Low job opportunities in Secondary Sector
- (c) Efforts of labour are not equivalent in all the sectors
- (d) Outsourcing of job opportunities in Secondary Sector
Ans: (a) Workers in the Primary Sector are underemployed
Q.11 Which of the following examples falls under an organised sector? (2021-22)
- (a) A daily wage labourer working for a contractor
- (b) An engineer getting all employment benefits
- (c) A cleaning staff in a private school
- (d) A tailor stitching clothes at his home
Ans: (b) An engineer getting all employment benefits
Q.12 A woman works at a sweet shop in her village on a contract basis and gets a meagre salary after working the entire day. She doesn’t get any holidays or paid leave, and her employer deducts her salary whenever she is absent. In which of the following sectors is she working? (2021-22)
- (a) Primary Sector
- (b) Service Sector
- (c) Organised Sector
- (d) Unorganised Sector
Ans: (d) Unorganised Sector
Q.13 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 states a guarantee of minimum 100 days of employment per year. If the government is unable to fulfil these 100 days of employment, it would have to: (2021-22)
- (a) Pay the compensation in lieu of these days
- (b) Provide another scheme for the same
- (c) Pay at least 1/3 percent allowance
- (d) Provide healthcare as compensation
Ans: (a) Pay the compensation in lieu of these days
Q.14 Which of the following professions belongs to the tertiary sector of the economy? [SQP, 2020-21]
- (A) Fisherman
- (B) Farmer
- (C) Factory Worker
- (D) Teacher
Ans: Option (D) is correct.
Explanation: Teaching falls under the tertiary sector as it involves providing a service.
Q.15 Arrange the following in the correct sequence: [SQP, 2020-21]
(i) Transporting cloth to the workshops
(ii) Sale in shops and showrooms
(iii) Spinning the yarn
(iv) Weaving of the fabric
- (A) (i) – (iv) – (iii) – (ii)
- (B) (iii) – (iv) – (i) – (ii)
- (C) (iv) – (i) – (ii) – (iii)
- (D) (iii) – (iv) – (ii) – (i)
Ans: Option (B) is correct.
Explanation: The correct sequence reflects the steps in textile production under the secondary sector: spinning yarn, weaving fabric, transporting cloth, and selling in shops/showrooms.
Q.16 Activities that help in the development of primary and secondary sectors come under which one of the following sectors? [2021]
- (A) Primary
- (B) Secondary
- (C) Tertiary
- (D) Quaternary
Ans: Option (C) is correct.
Explanation: The tertiary sector supports production and distribution through services like transport, communication, and banking, aiding primary and secondary sectors.
Q.17 At the initial stages of development, which one of the following sectors was the most important economic activity? [2021]
- (A) Primary
- (B) Secondary
- (C) Tertiary
- (D) Quaternary
Q.18 Activities in which natural products are changed into other forms come under which one of the following sectors? [2021]
- (A) Primary
- (B) Secondary
- (C) Tertiary
- (D) Quaternary
Q.19 The products received by exploiting natural resources come under which one of the following sectors? [2021]
- (A) Quaternary
- (B) Tertiary
- (C) Secondary
- (D) Primary
Ans: Option (D) is correct.
Explanation: The primary sector involves activities like farming, fishing, and mining, where natural resources are directly utilized to produce raw materials.
Q.20 Which one of the following sectors shows the highest share in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in India? [2021]
- (A) Primary
- (B) Secondary
- (C) Tertiary
- (D) Quaternary
Ans: Option (C) is correct.
Explanation: The tertiary sector (service sector) contributes the most to India’s GDP, accounting for 53.89% of India’s Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2020-21.
21. Read the given statements in context of ‘globalisation’ and choose the correct option: [SQP 2020]
- (a) It is the only way for economic development of the country.
- (b) Interlinks only production-based activities in dispersed locations in the world.
- (c) It has always given only positive results in all the countries.
- (d) Leads to spread of technology, cultures and diseases from a region to another.
Q.22 Which one of the following is a private sector industry? [2020]
- (A) BHEL
- (B) TISCO
- (C) OIL
- (D) SAIL
Ans: Option (B) is correct.
