Question

Functions of secandory sector

Answer 1

The secondary sector covers activities in which natural products are changed Into other forms with industrial activity. The product is not produced by nature but has to be made and therefore some process of manufacturing is essential. This could be in a factory a workshop or at home .For example using cotton fibre from the plant, we spin yarn and weave cloth .Using sugarcane as a rawmaterial. we make sugar or gur .we convert earth into bricks and use bricks to make houses and buildings. since this sector gradually became associated with the different kinds of industries that came up ,it is also called as industrial sector.

Answer 2

The secondary sector of industry is concerned with manufacturing. This would involve taking the raw materials from the primary sector and converting them into new products.

Examples of businesses that operate in the secondary sector would be car manufacturers, food production or building companies.