Economic Activities Around Us Class 6 Question Answer Social Science Chapter 14
NCERT Class 6 Social Science SST Chapter 14 Economic Activities Around Us Questions and Answers Solutions
Economic Activities Around Us Class 6 Questions and Answers (InText)
Think About It (Page 199)
Question 1.
Can you think of any primary activities that you may have seen in the past? What are the natural resources used in these activities? Name two of them and discuss your experiences with your classmates.
Answer:
Farming is an example of a primary activity which I have seen in the past. Soil and seeds are two natural resources used in farming. (Students can discuss their own experiences).
Let’s Explore (Page 200)
Question 2.
Now that we have seen some examples of secondary sector activities, can you name two more economic activities in the secondary sector?
Answer:
Two examples of secondary sector activities are
- Making jam from fruit pulp.
- Making paper from wood.
Think About It (Page 207)
Question 3.
Observe the different stages of the process shown in the figure given below and discuss them with your fellow classmates.
Answer:
The image shows different stages of manufacturing a book. This image represents how all three sectors of the economy are dependent on each other.
Let’s Explore (Page 208)
Question 4.
List the economic activities in your neighbourhood and label them appropriately as primary, secondary or tertiary. Draw arrows to show how they are connected to each other. In what ways are they dependent on each other? What would happen if one of the activities ceased to exist?
Answer:
Some economic activities in our neighbourhood that we often see are
- Vegetable vendors
- Milk vendors
- Transport services
- Farming
- Teaching
- Medical services
- Bakery
These activities are interdependent on each other. A farmer requires transport services to take his produce to mandis. Then bakery buys flour or grains to make cookies. Again bakery will require transport services to sell their product to market.
If any one of these activities ceases to exist then the working of two other activities will also be disturbed.
Economic Activities Around Us Question Answer (Exercise)
Question 1.
What is the primary sector? How is it different from the secondary sector? Give two examples.
Answer:
The economic activities in which people directly extract raw materials from nature are the primary sector of the economy.
The secondary activities deal with the mannfacturing of goods from the outputs of primary activities, while in primary activities produce is extracted from nature. Examples of primary sector activities are as follows
- Cultivation of grains is an example of a primary activity while making flour at a mill is a secondary activity.
- Extracting iron from mine is a primary activity while using lron in automobles ls an example of secondary activity.
Question 2.
How does the secondary sector depend on the tertiary sector? lilustrate with a few examples.
Answer:
The secondary sector depends on the tertiary sector in the following ways
- When the goods are produced they are transported to the market, in which tertiary sector services are required to load and transport goods.
- In a factory, some technicians provide services to repuir the machines.
Question 3.
Glve an example of interdependence between primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Show it using a flow diagram.
Answer:
Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors are interdependent in the following ways
- Primary Sector The process of cultivation, requires tractors, seeds, fertilisers etc. that are produced by the secondary sector activities.
- Secondary Sector Secondary sector activities are dependent on primary activities for raw materials and tertiary sector for marketing, research, finances and transportation.
- Tertiary Sector The tertiary sector does not produce any goods. It complements the other two sectors, hence dependent on them.
