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State whether the sentence is right or wrong and correct the wrong ones and rewrite the sentence
Like the Indian economy, the Brazilian economy is also of mixed type.
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Solution
Right: Like the Indian economy, the Brazilian economy is also a mixed economy. Both the Indian and the Brazilian economies are developing economies.
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Brazil’s economy is also of ---------------- type like that of India.
B) Read the following graph and answer the questions :
i) In which country is the contribution of tertiary sector higher ?
ii) In India, most people are engaged in which occupational sector?
iii) Which country has only 10% of the population engaged in primary sector?
iv) How much does tertiary sector contribute to the national income of India?
v) Which sector contributes the least in the Brazilian national income?
vi) What is the percentage of people engaged in the secondary sector in Brazil?
Mark the following in the outline map of Brazil supplied to you, write the names and give index:
(1) Marajo Island
(2) Pico-De-Neblina
(3) Pantanal Wetland
(4) Drought Quadrilateral
(5) Caatinga
(6) Golden Lion-Tamarin
The economy of Brazil is mainly dependent on the ______ activities there.
The economies of India and Brazil are of the ______ type.
Classify the following activities in by ticking (✓) in the respective column.
| Activities | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary |
| Television Broadcasting | |||
| Bee-keeping | |||
| coir and Rope making | |||
| Jaggery- making | |||
| Producing blades of the plough. |
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| Construction | |||
| Extracting Iron Ore | |||
| Automobile Production | |||
| Rice Production | |||
| Teaching | |||
| Driving buses | |||
| Providing lodging and boarding facilities |
Distinguish Between
Occupations in India and Brazil
A table regarding the ownership of various sectors in both the countries is given. Like Brazil, fill the details regarding India and complete the table.
| Sr.No. | India | Sector | Brazil |
| 1. | -- | Banking | Private and public both |
| 2. | -- | Railways | Private and public both |
| 3. | -- | Airways | Private and public both |
| 4. | -- | Electricity production | Largely public |
| 5. | -- | Iron and Steel Industry | Largely public |
| 6. | -- | Health | Private and public both |
| 7. | -- | Education | Largely public, little private |
| 8. | -- | Telecommuni-cations | Private and public both |
- On the basis of the information about the ownership of various sectors in both the countries given in the table, can you infer about the type of these economies?
In figure given below, the pie-charts show the contribution of each sector in the respective country’s GDP and the percentage of population engaged in various activities. Read both the pie-charts carefully and answer the following questions.
| Brazil | India |
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| Contribution of sectors in GDP (2016) | |
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| Percentage of population engaged in various sectors (2016) | |
 Primary  Secondary  Tertiary |
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- Which country has a higher percentage of population engaged in primary activities?
- In which country is the contribution of tertiary sector greater in the GDP?
- In which country is the share of secondary activities more in the GDP?
- Can we say that Brazil is an agrarian economy like India? Give reasons.
Read the following graph and answer the questions:
India and Brazil
Contribution of sectors in national income and percentage of population engaged in the sector.
Questions:
- Name the sectors mentioned in the graph.
- Which sector contributes the highest in National income in India?
- How much percent of population is engaged in primary sector in Brazil?
- Out of given two countries, the share of primary sector to the national income is less.
- Which country's contribution of tertiary sector to the national income is less?
- In which sector 19% population of Brazil is engaged?
