Question

What are the various activities undertaken in the primary sector, secondary sector, and the tertiary sector? Explain with examples

Answer 1

Various activities have been classified into three main categories :

(a) Primary activities include agriculture, forestry, animal rearing, fishing, poultry farming and mining. These activities produce food products, fibres, timber, fuel and minerals etc. from natural resources.

(b) Secondary sector includes quarrying and manufacturing. Primary products are processed by manufacturing ind ”es into finished products. This sector adds value to the primary products. For example, cotton textiles produce yarn and cloth from cotton, sugar mills
manufacture sugar from sugar cane and manufacturing of iron and steel from coal and iron.

(c) Tertiary sector includes a wide range of personal and professional services. These activities are in the field of education, health, trade, transport, banking, communication and administration, etc. They meet basic needs of the community in towns and villages. These activities add value to the national income.

Answer 2

Primary sector :-

These Sector are directly dependent on environment as these refer to utilisation of earth's resources such as land, water, minerals etc.

Example :- Fishing, forestry, agriculture, mining and quarrying.

Secondary sector (Manufacturing sector ):-

Secondary sector add value to natural resources by transforming raw material into valuable products.

Example :- Industry

Tertiary sector (Service sector) :-

Tertiary sector include both production and exchange.The production involves the provision of services that are consumed.

Example :- Banking,communication transportation, teaching, nursing etc.