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Question
Observe the following graph and answer the questions given below-
- Which country has a higher percent of the 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.
- Which country has a higher percent of the population engaged in secondary activities?
- How muchpercent of population is engaged in tertiary activities in India?
Solution
- India has a higher percentage of population engaged in primary activities.
- In Brazil, the contribution of the tertiary sector is greater in the GDP.
- In Brazil, the share of secondary activities is more in the GDP.
- No, we cannot say that Brazil is an agrarian economy like India because:
i. In Brazil, 71% of the population is engaged in the tertiary sector while the contribution of this sector to GDP is 67%.
ii. This shows that it has a strong and rapidly growing service sector. - India has a higher percentage of population engaged in secondary activities.
- In India, 26.9% of the population is engaged in tertiary activities.
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Select the correct option and rewrite the sentence:
------------ is seen as one of the world’s major markets and contributor to economic growth of the world.
Between India and Brazil, whose per capita income is less?
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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?
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vi) What is the percentage of people engaged in the secondary sector in Brazil?
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| 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 |
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Per capita income of India is less than Brazil.
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There are limitations on mining in the interior parts of Brazil.
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.
- 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 Brasil?
