NCERT Book Class 10th Economics (MCQ)
Chapter 2 : Sectors of the Indian Economy
MCQs on Sectors of the Indian Economy
1. Which of the following activities is related to the primary sector?
a) Manufacturing cars
b) Fishing
c) Banking
d) Teaching
Answer: b) Fishing
2. Which sector is also called agriculture and related sector?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: a) Primary
3. Cotton cultivation comes under which sector?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Organized
Answer: a) Primary
4. Which of the following is not a primary sector activity?
a) Mining
b) Dairy farming
c) Weaving cloth
d) Forestry
Answer: c) Weaving cloth
5. The largest employer in India is:
a) Primary sector
b) Secondary sector
c) Tertiary sector
d) IT sector
Answer: a) Primary sector
6. Which sector converts raw materials into finished goods?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: b) Secondary
7. Which of the following is a secondary sector activity?
a) Farming
b) Construction
c) Banking
d) Transportation
Answer: b) Construction
8. Sugar mill is an example of:
a) Primary sector
b) Secondary sector
c) Tertiary sector
d) Service sector
Answer: b) Secondary sector
9. Which sector is also called the industrial sector?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: b) Secondary
10. Which of the following is not a secondary sector activity?
a) Textile manufacturing
b) Steel production
c) Teaching
d) Automobile assembly
Answer: c) Teaching
11. Which sector provides services to society?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: c) Tertiary
12. Which of the following is a tertiary sector activity?
a) Mining
b) Banking
c) Farming
d) Weaving
Answer: b) Banking
13. The fastest-growing sector in India is:
a) Agriculture
b) Manufacturing
c) Services
d) Mining
Answer: c) Services
14. Which sector includes IT and communication services?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: c) Tertiary
15. Which of the following is not a part of the tertiary sector?
a) Transport
b) Health
c) Education
d) Fishing
Answer: d) Fishing
16. Which sector contributes the most to India’s GDP?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) All equally
Answer: c) Tertiary
17. The disguised unemployment is mainly found in:
a) Primary sector
b) Secondary sector
c) Tertiary sector
d) IT sector
Answer: a) Primary sector
18. Which sector has seen the highest growth in employment in recent years?
a) Agriculture
b) Manufacturing
c) Services
d) Mining
Answer: c) Services
19. What percentage of India’s workforce is engaged in the primary sector?
a) Around 20%
b) Around 44%
c) Around 70%
d) Around 90%
Answer: b) Around 44%
20. Which sector is also called the service sector?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: c) Tertiary
21. Which sector provides job security and benefits?
a) Organized
b) Unorganized
c) Both
d) None
Answer: a) Organized
22. Most workers in India are employed in:
a) Organized sector
b) Unorganized sector
c) Public sector
d) Private sector
Answer: b) Unorganized sector
23. Which sector is not regulated by the government?
a) Organized
b) Unorganized
c) Public
d) Private
Answer: b) Unorganized
24. Which of the following is a feature of the unorganized sector?
a) Fixed working hours
b) Job security
c) Low wages
d) Pension benefits
Answer: c) Low wages
25. MGNREGA is related to which sector?
a) Organized
b) Unorganized
c) Tertiary
d) Secondary
Answer: b) Unorganized
26. Which sector is owned by the government?
a) Private
b) Public
c) Both
d) None
Answer: b) Public
27. BSNL is an example of:
a) Private sector
b) Public sector
c) Joint sector
d) Cooperative sector
Answer: b) Public sector
28. Which sector focuses on profit-making?
a) Public
b) Private
c) Both
d) None
Answer: b) Private
29. The main aim of the public sector is:
a) Profit
b) Public welfare
c) Employment
d) Globalization
Answer: b) Public welfare
30. Reliance Industries is an example of:
a) Public sector
b) Private sector
c) Joint sector
d) Cooperative sector
Answer: b) Private sector
31. Which sector has grown the most in the last three decades in India? *(CBSE 2020)*
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) All equally
Answer: c) Tertiary
32. Disguised unemployment is found in: *(MP Board 2019)*
a) Industries
b) Agriculture
c) Services
d) IT sector
Answer: b) Agriculture
33. Which sector is the largest employer in India? *(Bihar Board 2021)*
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) IT
Answer: a) Primary
34. MGNREGA guarantees how many days of employment? *(UP Board 2020)*
a) 50
b) 100
c) 150
d) 200
Answer: b) 100
35. GDP stands for: *(CBSE 2019)*
a) Gross Domestic Product
b) Gross Development Product
c) General Domestic Product
d) General Development Plan
Answer: a) Gross Domestic Product
36. Which sector is called the backbone of the Indian economy?
a) Agriculture
b) Industry
c) Services
d) IT
Answer: a) Agriculture
37. The service sector includes:
a) Only IT
b) Only banking
c) All support services
d) Only transportation
Answer: c) All support services
38. Which sector is least developed in India?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: b) Secondary
39. Which of the following is an example of the tertiary sector?
a) Fishing
b) Mining
c) Teaching
d) Construction
Answer: c) Teaching
40. The unorganized sector is characterized by:
a) High wages
b) Job security
c) No fixed terms
d) Government control
Answer: c) No fixed terms
41. Why is the tertiary sector becoming more important in India?
a) Due to industrialization
b) Due to globalization
c) Due to IT revolution
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
42. What is the main problem of the primary sector?
a) Low productivity
b) High wages
c) Less employment
d) Government control
Answer: a) Low productivity
43. Which sector is most affected by seasonal unemployment?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) IT
Answer: a) Primary
44. Which sector is promoted under ‘Make in India’?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: b) Secondary
45. NREGA is related to which type of employment?
a) Organized
b) Unorganized
c) Both
d) None
Answer: b) Unorganized
46. Assertion (A): The tertiary sector is growing rapidly in India.
Reason (R): Demand for services like education, health, and IT has increased.
a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A.
b) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A.
c) A is true, but R is false.
d) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A.
47. Assertion (A): The primary sector is the largest employer in India.
Reason (R): Most people are engaged in agriculture.
a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A.
b) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A.
c) A is true, but R is false.
d) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A.
48. If a farmer grows wheat and sells it to a flour mill, which sector is the farmer in?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: a) Primary
49. If the flour mill processes wheat into flour, which sector is it in?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: b) Secondary
50. If a supermarket sells flour to consumers, which sector is it in?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: c) Tertiary
25 more Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) (previous year, and application-based questions.)
1. Which sector contributes the least to India’s GDP but employs the most people?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: a) Primary
2. The share of the tertiary sector in India’s GDP is approximately:
a) 20-30%
b) 40-50%
c) 50-60%
d) 70-80%
Answer: c) 50-60%
3. Why is the primary sector still the largest employer in India?
a) Lack of education
b) Lack of industries
c) Seasonal employment
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
4. Disguised unemployment is common in:
a) IT sector
b) Agriculture
c) Manufacturing
d) Banking
Answer: b) Agriculture
5. Seasonal unemployment occurs when:
a) Workers are paid less
b) Work is available only during certain months
c) Machines replace labor
d) Factories shut down
Answer: b) Work is available only during certain months
6. Which scheme was launched to reduce unemployment in rural areas?
a) PM-KISAN
b) MGNREGA
c) Ayushman Bharat
d) Make in India
Answer: b) MGNREGA
7. The main objective of the public sector is:
a) Profit maximization
b) Social welfare
c) Foreign investment
d) Privatization
Answer: b) Social welfare
8. An example of a public sector enterprise is:
a) Tata Steel
b) Reliance Industries
c) Indian Railways
d) Infosys
Answer: c) Indian Railways
9. Privatization means transferring ownership from:
a) Private to Public
b) Public to Private
c) Government to Cooperatives
d) None of these
Answer: b) Public to Private
10. Which sector has no fixed terms of employment?
a) Organized
b) Unorganized
c) Public
d) Private
Answer: b) Unorganized
11. Workers in the unorganized sector lack:
a) Job security
b) High wages
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Answer: c) Both (a) and (b)
12. Which of the following is an organized sector activity?
a) Street vending
b) Government school teaching
c) Farming
d) Domestic work
Answer: b) Government school teaching
13. Globalization has increased the growth of which sector?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) All equally
Answer: c) Tertiary
14. The ‘Make in India’ initiative focuses on boosting:
a) Agriculture
b) Manufacturing
c) Services
d) Mining
Answer: b) Manufacturing
15. Outsourcing is a part of which sector?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: c) Tertiary
16. Which sector is also called the service sector? *(CBSE 2021)*
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: c) Tertiary
17. MGNREGA guarantees employment for how many days? *(UP Board 2022)*
a) 50
b) 100
c) 150
d) 200
Answer: b) 100
18. Which sector is the largest employer in India? *(Bihar Board 2020)*
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) IT
Answer: a) Primary
19. GDP measures the total value of: *(MP Board 2021)*
a) Goods produced
b) Services rendered
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Only agricultural output
Answer: c) Both (a) and (b)
20. Disguised unemployment means: *(CBSE 2019)*
a) More workers than needed
b) No workers available
c) Workers on strike
d) Machines replacing labor
Answer: a) More workers than needed
21. If a farmer grows cotton and sells it to a textile mill, which sector is the mill in?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: b) Secondary
22. A doctor working in a government hospital is part of:
a) Private sector
b) Public sector
c) Unorganized sector
d) None of these
Answer: b) Public sector
23. A street vendor selling vegetables is part of the:
a) Organized sector
b) Unorganized sector
c) Public sector
d) Cooperative sector
Answer: b) Unorganized sector
24. Which sector’s growth reduces poverty the fastest?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) All equally
Answer: b) Secondary
25. The IT sector falls under which category?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
Answer: c) Tertiary