Practice Questions

Identify the primary motive of the private sector and the public sector.

A baker buys flour for Rs 25, adds sugar and oil worth Rs 15, and sells the final bread to a consumer for Rs 80. Solve for the value added by the baker.

Evaluate the statement: 'The primary sector forms the base for all other economic activities.'

Propose one specific policy to protect unorganised sector workers from exploitation by employers regarding wages.

Create a brief case study of a worker to illustrate the key differences between working in the organised and unorganised sectors.

List four examples of basic services that are considered the responsibility of the government.

Contrast the employment terms for a worker in an organized sector factory with those for a weaver working from home for a contractor.

Define the primary sector of an economy and provide two examples of activities within it.

Evaluate the importance of classifying economic activities into organised and unorganised sectors for policy making.

Contrast the primary motive of enterprises in the public sector with those in the private sector. Provide one example of an activity typically undertaken by each.

Explain why the tertiary sector is also known as the 'service sector'.

Demonstrate the interdependence between the secondary and tertiary sectors using the example of a company that manufactures mobile phones.

A call center employee provides customer support over the phone. Apply the sectoral classification to determine which sector this economic activity belongs to and why.

List the three main ways economic activities are classified in the chapter.

Analyze why including the value of intermediate goods like flour used by a bakery would lead to an incorrect estimation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Examine the working conditions of Kanta, who works in a government office, and Kamal, a daily wage laborer at a grocery shop, to contrast the features of organized and unorganized sectors.

A country's GDP is Rs 100,000 crores. The contribution of the primary sector is 15 percent and the secondary sector is 25 percent. Calculate the value of the output of the tertiary sector.

Examine how the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA 2005) attempts to solve the problem of underemployment in rural areas.

Critique the performance of the public sector in India by providing one argument for its success and one for its failure.

Describe the key characteristics of the organised sector of the economy.

Name the government ministry that undertakes the task of measuring GDP in India.

Summarize the historical pattern of sectoral shifts that has been observed in developed countries.

Recall the main objective of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA 2005).

Explain what is meant by the secondary sector and why it is also called the industrial sector.

Describe the working conditions of a worker in the unorganised sector, such as Kamal in the text.

Justify the government's role in providing public services like healthcare and education, even when private players exist.

Formulate a single-sentence argument for why disguised unemployment is a significant economic problem.

Critique the idea that simply shifting workers from agriculture to urban service sector jobs like street vending will solve the problem of underemployment.

Justify the inclusion of only final goods and services in the calculation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and propose a scenario to demonstrate the problem of double counting.

Formulate a three-point plan for the government to increase employment in the secondary sector.

Explain why the value of only final goods and services is counted when calculating the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Apply the concept of disguised unemployment to a scenario of a family of six working on a small two-hectare farm.

Analyze why a significant portion of the Indian workforce remains in the primary sector, despite its diminishing contribution to the GVA.

Examine the dual nature of the service sector in India, explaining the two different kinds of people it employs.

Propose a plan for a village panchayat to use MGNREGA funds to tackle both underemployment and water scarcity.

Compare the pattern of sectoral shifts in economic development in India with the historical pattern observed in developed countries. Highlight the primary point of difference.

Describe the problem of underemployment in the urban service sector.

Design a government scheme to support small-scale industries in the unorganised sector, focusing on improving their competitiveness against larger, organised players.

Design a public awareness campaign to inform unorganised sector workers about their rights and available government support schemes.

Summarize why the primary sector continues to be the largest employer in India despite its declining share in GVA.

What is disguised unemployment? Explain with an example from the rural sector.

Compare the share of primary and tertiary sectors in India's GVA and employment from 1977-78 to 2017-18, and analyze the implications of this trend.

Analyze the reasons why the tertiary sector has become the largest producing sector in India. Explain with at least three distinct points.

Critique the statement: 'The rapid growth in the tertiary sector's contribution to GVA is the most important indicator of India's economic development.'

Evaluate the long-term economic impact of the historical shift in developed countries from the primary to the tertiary sector, and assess why India's experience has been different.