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?

50% Signup and view all the answers

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

Agriculture Signup and view all the answers

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

Services to primary and secondary sectors Signup and view all the answers

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

Jute Signup and view all the answers

In which country is coffee primarily grown on hill slopes?

Brazil Signup and view all the answers

Which crop is also known as 'Golden Fibre'?

Jute Signup and view all the answers

Where is maize primarily grown?

Brazil Signup and view all the answers

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

Cotton 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?

Cotton Signup and view all the answers

In which country was coffee discovered according to the text?

Arabia Signup and view all the answers

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

Food security Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes sericulture?

Commercial rearing of silk worms for silk production Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of subsistence farming?

Practiced to meet the needs of the farmer's family 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?

Intensive subsistence agriculture Signup and view all the answers

What is shifting cultivation also known as?

'Slash and burn' agriculture Signup and view all the answers

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

Commercial farming Signup and view all the answers

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

Temperate grasslands of North America, Europe and Asia Signup and view all the answers