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Class 12 Tertiary and Quaternary Activities worksheet

CBSE Social Science. Trade, transport and services, tourism and medical tourism, quaternary and quinary work, outsourcing, KPO and the digital divide. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.

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Sample questions

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Section A · multiple choice

1.
Tertiary activities are mainly related to:
1. manufacturing
2. gathering
3. mining
4. the service sector
Answer
(d) the service sector
2.
To which sector does weaving cloth belong?
1. quinary
2. quaternary
3. secondary
4. tertiary
Answer
(c) secondary
3.
What kind of work do red-collar workers do?
1. highly paid senior decision making
2. production work in factories
3. outdoor primary work like farming and fishing
4. work done only at night
Answer
(c) outdoor primary work like farming and fishing

Section B · short answer

4.
How do tertiary activities differ from secondary activities?
Answer
Services rely on workers’ skills, experience and knowledge rather than on machines and factory processes.
5.
Name the sector (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary or quinary) of each: (a) barbering (b) top-level policy making
Answer
(a) tertiary (b) quinary

Section C · long answer

6.
Discuss the significance and growth of the service sector in modern economies.
Answer
In developed economies most workers are in services; the share of services keeps rising while primary and secondary shares stay the same or fall.

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