CHAPTER-SECTORS OF INDIAN ECONOMY

1. Define: Primary, secondary and Tertiary sectors. Explain how they are
interdependent.
2. What is GDP?
3. Why is Tertiary sector becoming important in India?
4. Explain underemployment or disguised employment in context of Indian
agriculture.
5. Suggest some ways that jobs could be created in urban areas.
6. What is Right to Work?
7. How would you distinguish between organised and unorganised sectors?
Explain in your own words.
8. Why is it necessary to provide protection to the unorganised sector workers?
9. What is the difference between Public and Private sectors?
10. What are the reasons for certain economic activities to be under public sector?
11. Name some of the activities and mention the intension of the government
behind owning these.
Also complete the assigned questions from the exercise.

CHAPTER-DEVELOPMENT

1. Give three examples where an average is used for comparing situations.

2. Why do you think average income is an important criterion for development?
Explain.
3. Suppose records show that the average income in a country has been
increasing over a period of time. From this, can we conclude that all sections
of the economy have become better? Illustrate your answer with an example.
4. From the text, find out the per capita income level of low, middle and high-
income countries as per World Bank Development Report 2006.
5. Study tables 1.3 and 1.4 and answer the following questions:
i Mention the highest and the lowest per capita income and the name of the
states as shown in 1.3.
ii What is the literacy rate and the net attendance ratio in Kerala? What does
this indicate?
6. Define:
i Infant Mortality rate
ii Literacy rate
iii Net attendance ratio
7. Mention four examples where collective provision of goods and services is
cheaper than individual provision.
8. Does availability of good health and educational facilities depend only on
amount of money spent by the government on these facilities? What other
factors could be relevant?
9. In Tamilnadu 75% of the people living in rural areas use a ration shop whereas
in Jharkhand only 8% of rural people do so. Where would people be better off
and why?
10. Read table 1.6 and answer the following questions:
i What is the criteria adopted by UNDP as compared to the World Bank?
ii Where does India stand in the UNDP report of 2004?
iii How many countries fall below India’s rank?
11. Define terms: Life Expectancy at birth, Gross Enrolment Ratio
12. Why is the per capita income assessed in US Dollars?
13. What is sustainability of development? Why is it important?
14. Why do we use averages? Are there any limitations to their use? Illustrate with
your own examples related to development.
15. “The Earth has enough resources to meet the needs of all but not enough to
satisfy the greed of even one person.” How is this statement relevant to the
discussion of development? Explain.
16. List a few examples of environmental degradation that you may have observed
around you.
17. The table on pg. 17 shows the proportion of undernourished adults in India. It
is based on a survey of various states for the year 2001. Look at the table and
answer the following questions:

i Compare the nutritional level of people in Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.

ii Can you guess why around 40 of people in the country are under nourished
even though it is argued that there is enough food in the country? Describe in
your own words.