CLASS 6 · SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 14
Economic Activities Around Us
Simple answers to all three end-of-chapter questions about the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors and how they depend on one another.
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Question 1
What is the primary sector? How is it different from the secondary sector? Give two examples.
Primary: gets raw materials from nature. Secondary: transforms raw materials into goods or structures.
Answer
Examples: cotton farming is primary; cloth making is secondary.
Question 2
How is the secondary sector dependent on the tertiary sector? Explain with examples.
Factories need services such as transport, banking, communication, electricity and repairs.
Answer
Tertiary services help secondary industries produce and sell goods.
Question 3
Give one example of interdependence between the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Explain it with a flow chart.
Sugarcane farm → transport → sugar mill → transport and shop → customer.
Answer
Primary, secondary and tertiary activities connect to bring a product to people.