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country the government has to take responsibility for the provision of these services. Second,
the development of agriculture and industry leads to the development of services such as
transport, trade, storage and the like. Greater the development of the primary and secondary
sectors, more would be the demand for such services. Third, as income levels rise, certain
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sections of people start demanding many more services like eating out, tourism, shopping,
private hospitals, private schools, professional training etc. You can see this change quite
sharply in cities, especially in big cities. Fourth, over the past decade or so, certain new
services such as those based on information and communication technology have become
important and essential. The production of these services has been rising rapidly.
(i) In which sector do you think Amazon, Flipkart falls? How it has transformed the
system of buying in big cities.
Ans. Amazon, Flipkart falls under Tertiary sector. It has transformed the system of buying
in big cities in following ways:
(a) Customer now prefers speed up deliveries at their door step. These companies have
significantly shaped customer expectation for faster deliveries.
(b) Given the busy lifestyle of people they don’t prefer to go to market for shopping.
Amazon and Flipkart have made shopping easy. Everything is available and clearly
visible with all the required information on the website. People get everything on
their doorstep.
(c) It saves time and hassle of going to the market.
(ii) How tertiary sector helps in promoting education?
Ans. Tertiary sector is a service provider sector.
(a) Transport is required to go to school which comes under Tertiary sector.
(b) Teachers also comes under tertiary sector
As world is moving towards digitalization, education sector is also becoming digital.
E- books are there, online lectures, presentations are the ways of teaching in a more
effective way. Advanced and effective communication through internet (e-mail, you
tube channels) has facilitated the importance of tertiary sector in promoting education.

iv. very Short Answer type Questions
1. What kind of activities come under secondary sector?
Ans. The secondary sector covers activities in which natural products are changed into other forms,
through ways of manufacturing that we associate with industrial activity.

2. What are primary sector activities?
Ans. Production of a commodity through exploitation of natural resources is an activity in the
primary sector.

3. Why workers in agricultural sector are considered to be underemployed?
Ans. In agriculture, there are more people working than required. So, even if few people are
moved out, production will not be affected. In other words, workers in the agricultural
sector are underemployed.

4. What do final goods and services mean?
Ans. Final goods and services are the output of production processes, and demand for these goods
and services is directly determined by consumer need or preference. For example, biscuits,
butter, etc. are final goods that reach to the consumers.

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