Economic Activities and Production Process

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What are the three types of economic activities mentioned in the text?

  • Manufacturing, transportation, and processing activities
  • Primary, quaternary, and quinary activities
  • Farming, fishing, and advertising activities
  • Primary, secondary, and tertiary activities (correct)

Which activity is considered a primary activity?

  • Transport
  • Insurance
  • Agriculture (correct)
  • Baking of bread

What is an example of a secondary activity according to the text?

  • Transport
  • Banking
  • Fishing
  • Weaving of cloth (correct)

What percentage of persons in the world are engaged in agricultural activity?

<p>50% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which word is derived from Latin words ager or agri meaning soil and culture meaning cultivation?

<p>Agriculture (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main support provided by tertiary activities according to the text?

<p>Services to primary and secondary sectors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which crop requires well-drained loamy soils and gentle slopes?

<p>Jute (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which country is coffee primarily grown on hill slopes?

<p>Brazil (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which crop is also known as 'Golden Fibre'?

<p>Jute (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is maize primarily grown?

<p>Brazil (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main raw material for the cotton textile industry?

<p>Cotton (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which crop requires high temperature, light rainfall, two hundred and ten frost-free days, and bright sunshine for its growth?

<p>Cotton (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which country was coffee discovered according to the text?

<p>Arabia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate aim of agricultural development as mentioned in the text?

<p>Food security (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes sericulture?

<p>Commercial rearing of silk worms for silk production (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of subsistence farming?

<p>Practiced to meet the needs of the farmer's family (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of agriculture is prevalent in the thickly populated areas of the monsoon regions of south, southeast, and east Asia?

<p>Intensive subsistence agriculture (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is shifting cultivation also known as?

<p>'Slash and burn' agriculture (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of farming are crops grown and animals reared primarily for sale in the market?

<p>Commercial farming (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which region is known for its commercial grain farming due to its sparsely populated large farms?

<p>Temperate grasslands of North America, Europe and Asia (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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