Class 6 ncert Chapter 14 Social Science Solution - Economic Activities around us

Chapter 14 : Economic Activities around Us

Question: What is an economic activity?

Answer: Activities through which money or income is earned are called economic activities. For example – farming, running a shop, doing a job, etc.

Question: Why are economic activities classified?

Answer: Economic activities are classified so that it can be understood how different activities work and how they are connected to each other.

Question: How many main sectors of economic activities are there?

Answer: There are three main sectors of economic activities—

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

Question: What is the primary sector? Explain with examples.

Answer: Activities in which people directly obtain goods from nature are called the primary sector. Examples: Agriculture, mining, fishing, animal husbandry, forestry, poultry farming, etc.

Question: What is the secondary sector? Explain with examples.

Answer: Activities in which raw materials obtained from the primary sector are converted into useful goods are called the secondary sector. Examples: Making flour, making clothes, furniture manufacturing, paper making, production of goods in factories.

Question: What is the tertiary sector? Explain with examples.

Answer: Activities that provide services to the primary and secondary sectors are called the tertiary sector. It is also known as the service sector. Examples: Transport, banking, education, healthcare, communication, hotels, shops, repair services.

Question: How are the three sectors dependent on each other?

Answer: All three sectors complement each other. Example (from milk to curd):

• Primary: The farmer supplies milk.
• Secondary: Milk is converted into curd/paneer in the dairy.
• Tertiary: The truck driver delivers curd to the market and the shopkeeper sells it.

Question: How did dairy cooperatives (such as Amul) help farmers?

Answer:

• Freed farmers from middlemen.
• Provided fair prices for milk.
• Collected and processed milk and delivered it to the market.
• Provided employment to women and small farmers.

Question: What is a cooperative organization?

Answer: When people voluntarily work together to fulfill their economic and social needs, it is called a cooperative organization.

Question: What are the benefits of recycling paper?

Answer:

• Reduces cutting of trees.
• Saves energy and water.
• Makes waste disposal easier.
• Protects the environment.

Question: How are all three sectors involved in the process of making paper?

Answer:

• Primary: Obtaining wood from trees.
• Secondary: Making pulp and paper from wood.
• Tertiary: Transporting paper to printing presses, printing books, and selling them.

Question: What will happen if the activity of any one sector stops?

Answer: If one sector stops functioning, it will affect the other sectors as well and economic activities will be disrupted.

Question: State the difference between the primary and secondary sectors.

Answer: The primary sector obtains raw materials from nature, whereas the secondary sector manufactures products from these raw materials.

NCERT Practice Questions

Question 1: What is the primary sector? How is it different from the secondary sector? Give two examples.

Answer: The primary sector includes economic activities in which people directly obtain raw materials from nature. The secondary sector includes activities in which these raw materials are converted into useful products.

Difference:

• In the primary sector, raw materials are obtained.
• In the secondary sector, products are made from raw materials.

Examples:

• Primary sector: Agriculture, mining
• Secondary sector: Making flour, making clothes

Question 2: How does the secondary sector depend on the tertiary sector? Explain with examples.

Answer: The secondary sector depends on the services of the tertiary sector to transport goods to the market, procure raw materials, and sell products. Examples: Goods manufactured in factories are

• transported to markets,
• loans are taken from banks,
• sold in shops.

All these are services of the tertiary sector.

Question 3: Give an example of interdependence among the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors. Explain it using a flow chart.

Answer: All three sectors are interdependent. Example: Milk

Flow chart:
Milking the cow → Making butter/paneer from milk → Transportation and sale of milk and milk products

Explanation:

• Milking – Primary sector
• Processing of milk – Secondary sector
• Sale and transportation – Tertiary sector