R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Economics Sectors of Indian Economy

Which of the following activities does not belong to the primary sector?

1. Fishing
2. Banking
3. Mining
4. Forestry

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following sectors is the largest employer in India?

1. Primary Sector
2. Secondary Sector
3. Tertiary Sector
4. IT Sector

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The task of measuring GDP is undertaken by the

1. central government
2. state government
3. provincial government
4. all of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Life insurance is an activity of the

1. primary sector
2. secondary sector
3. service sector
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The motive of the public sector en terprises is

1. profit making
2. entertainment
3. social welfare and security
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How do big private companies contribute in the development of a nation?

1. By increasing the demands for their products through advertisements
2. By increasing their profits.
3. By increasing productivity of the country in the manufacturing of industrial goods.
4. By providing private hospital facilities for the rich.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which sector has emerged as the largest producing sector in India. Select one from the following alternatives:

1. Secondary sector
2. Tertiary sector
3. Primary sector
4. Science and Technology sector

✅ Correct Answer: 2

NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005) has guaranteed ..... days of employment in a year in many districts of India. What are the correct number of days?

1. 200 days
2. 100 days
3. 30 days
4. 60 days

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following examples does not fall under unorganized sector?

1. A farmer irrigating his field.
2. A daily wage labourer working for a contractor.
3. A doctor in a hospital treating a patient.
4. A handloom weaver working on a loom in her house

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Employment figures of a country are based on data collected from 5-yearly survey on employment and unemployment. Which organisation conducts this survey?

1. NSSO -National Sample Survey Organisation
2. NREGA 2005 - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
3. ILO - International Labour Organisation
4. Census of India

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The money value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a particular year is called:

1. Gross domestic product
2. Net domestic product
3. National product
4. Production of secondary sector

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What is meant by GDP?

1. Gross Dairy Product
2. Gross Domestic Product
3. Great Development Project
4. Great Domestic Product

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Agriculture, dairy farming are activities belonging to which of the following sectors?

1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. Scientific technology

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following is not applicable for a worker, who works in the organised sector?

1. She gets a regular salary at the end of the month
2. She is not paid for leave
3. She gets medical allowance
4. She got an appointment letter stating the terms and conditions of work when she joins work.

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The motive of public sector enterprises is:

1. Profit making
2. Entertainment
3. Social welfare and security
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following economic activities is not in the tertiary sector?

1. Banking
2. Bee keeping
3. Teaching
4. Working in a call centre

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The service sector includes activities such as

1. agriculture, dairy, fishing and forestry
2. making sugar, gur and bricks
3. transport, communication and banking
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The service sector includes activities such as

1. agriculture, dairy, fishing and forestry
2. making sugar, gur and bricks
3. transport, communication and banking
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following types of activities are covered in the secondary sector?

1. It generates services rather than goods.
2. Natural products are changed through manufacturing
3. Goods are produced by exploiting natural resources
4. It includes agriculture, forestry and dairy.

✅ Correct Answer: 2

As per NREGA 2005 (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005) the number of days of employment guaranteed by government is

1. 100 days
2. 80 days
3. 150 days
4. 120 days

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Information and communication technology is associated with

1. primary sector
2. secondary sector
3. tertiary sector
4. none of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In which sector activities are not guided by profit motive?

1. organised sector
2. public sector
3. private sector
4. unorganised sector

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Manufacturing sector is associated with

1. primary sector
2. secondary sector
3. tertiary sector
4. private sector

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Primary sector is related to

1. agriculture
2. dairy, forestry
3. fishing, mining
4. all the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who carries economic activities?

1. individuals
2. firms
3. government
4. all the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4