Economic Activities: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary

What is the primary reason for the inhabitants of coastal regions engaging in fishing?

Why did people in very cold and extremely hot climates survive on hunting?

What is the result of illegal hunting (poaching) on many species?

What is a characteristic of the early hunters' tools?

Why are people engaged in primary activities referred to as red-collar workers?

What is the primary source of sustenance for people in primitive societies?

What is the primary reason for the intensive use of land in areas of high population density?

Which type of agriculture is characterized by the use of irrigation in many parts?

What is the primary crop grown in the western parts of the Indo-Gangetic plains?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of plantation agriculture?

What is the primary reason for low yield per acre in extensive commercial grain cultivation?

What is the primary crop grown in the dry parts of western and southern India?

Which of the following regions is NOT associated with extensive commercial grain cultivation?

What is the primary characteristic of mixed farming?

Which of the following is NOT a type of crop associated with mixed farming?

What is the primary reason for high yield per person in extensive commercial grain cultivation?

Which of the following is a characteristic of countries that are becoming more important in mining, processing, and refining stages of production?

What is the primary reason for market gardening being practised near urban areas?

Which type of agriculture is characterized by the farming of citrus fruits?

What is the primary difference between Nomadic Herding and Commercial Livestock Rearing?

Which type of agriculture is also known as 'slash and burn agriculture'?

Which of the following types of agriculture does not involve monoculture?

What is the primary reason for hunting being banned in India?

What is the characteristic of gathering as an economic activity?

Which of the following regions is NOT associated with gathering?

What is the product obtained from the bark of trees?

What is the primary source of income in mixed farming?

What is the name of the part of the chewing gum after the flavour is gone?

Why has gathering little chance of becoming important at the global level?

Which type of farming is characterised by high capital expenditure on farm machinery and building?

What is the primary difference between nomadic herding and commercial animal rearing?

What is the main reason for practising dairy farming near urban and industrial centres?

Which region is the largest for commercial dairy farming?

Which of the following animals is NOT commonly reared in tropical Africa?

What is the main advantage of Mediterranean agriculture?

What is the term for the movement of nomadic herders from plain areas to pastures on mountains during summers and again from mountain pastures to plain areas during winters?

Which of the following regions is associated with the core region of pastoral nomadism?

What is the primary characteristic of market gardening and horticulture?

Which country specialises in growing flowers and horticultural crops, especially tulips?

What is the term used for farming that specialises in vegetables only?

What is the factor that governs the distance of truck farms from the market?

What is the modern development in industrial regions of Western Europe and North America?

What is the primary reason for the decrease in the number of pastoral nomads and the areas operated by them?

What is the primary reason for heavy capital investment in poultry farming and cattle rearing?

What is the main objective of collective farming?

What is the main characteristic of commercial livestock rearing?

In which regions is shifting cultivation, also known as slash and burn agriculture, widely practised?

What is the primary factor affecting the profitability of mining operations?

What is the primary goal of commercial livestock rearing?

What is the advantage of surface mining over underground mining?

What is the main difference between primitive subsistence agriculture and intensive subsistence agriculture?

What is the primary purpose of co-operative farming?

What is the main characteristic of poultry farming and cattle rearing?

What is the term used to describe the practice of migrating from plains to mountains in summers and to plains from high altitude pastures in winters?

What is the significance of the discovery of minerals in human history?

Which of the following countries is NOT associated with commercial livestock rearing?

What is the main risk associated with underground mining?

What is the main purpose of fencing in commercial livestock ranching?

What is the term used to describe the cycle of jhum cultivation in shifting agriculture?

What is the primary purpose of the co-operative movement in farming?

What is the main advantage of collective farming over individual farming?

What is the primary characteristic of intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by wet paddy cultivation?