Tertiary And Quaternary Activities Class 12 MCQ Question 1.

Two elements involved in tertiary activities are:

(A) production and exchange
(B) sale and purchase
(C) transport and communication
(D) All of the Above
Answer:
(A) production and exchange

Explanation:
Tertiary activities include both production and exchange. The production involves the ‘provision’ of services that are ‘consumed’. The output is indirectly measured g in terms of wages and salaries. Exchange, involves trade, transport and communication facilities that are used to overcome distance.

Tertiary And Quaternary Activities MCQ Chapter 7 Question 2.

Buying and selling of things is termed as :

(A) hunting
(B) trade
(C) commerce
(D) extortion
Answer:
(B) trade

Explanation:
Trade is a basic economic concept S involving the buying and selling of goods and services. Trade can take place within an economy between producers and consumers.

Question 3.

Insurance and finance are examples of:

(A) low order services
(B) high order services
(C) medium order services
(D) Urgent order services
Answer:
(B) high order services

Explanation:
High order good or services are usually expensive goods or services , that people buy only occasionally. High-order services are usually located in larger towns and cities with a large market area – accessible to large numbers of people.

Question 4.

The highest level of decision makers or makers perform :

(A) quaternary activities
(B) outsourcing
(C) quinary activities
(D) secondary activities
Answer:
(C) quinary activities

Explanation:
Quinary activities are services that focus on the creation, re-arrangement and interpretation of new and existing ideas; data  interpretation and the use and evaluation of 1 new technologies.

Question 5.

The ‘gold collar’ professions are:

(A) hardly paid workers
(B) daily wages labourers
(C) highly paid executives
(D) unemployed youth
Answer:
(C) highly paid executives

Explanation:
Gold collar individuals are highly-E skilled and in high-demand professionals who are highly paid.

Question 6.

The quaternary sector along with the sector has replaced all primary and secondary employment as the basis for economic
growth

(A) tertiaiy
(B) quinary
(C) medical
(D) primary
Answer:
(A) tertiaiy

Explanation:
The quaternary activities has replaced most of the primary and secondary activities as the basis of economic growth. Over half of the workers in the developed economies are in the knowledge sector

Question 7.

travel undertaken for the purpose of recreation rather than business.

(A) Tourism
(B) Investigation
(C) Transfer
(D) None of the Above
Answer:
(A) Tourism

Explanation:
Tourism is the activities of people travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for leisure, business or other purposes.

Question 8.

What constitutes bulk business through numerous intermediary merchants and supply houses and not through retail stores?

(A) Retail trading service
(B) Foreign trading service
(C) Wholesale trading service
(D) Bulk trading service
Answer:
(C) Wholesale trading service

Explanation:
Wholesale trade consists of purchasing and selling goods, generally to retailers, professional (industrial or commercial) users or authorities, or to other wholesalers or I intermediaries, regardless of the quantities sold.

Question 9.

What activities results in production and distribution of goods and services?

(A) Social activities
(B) Economic activities
(C) Political activities
(D) Medical activities
Answer:
(B) Economic activities

Explanation:
Economic activities are activities of providing, making, buying, or selling of commodities or services by people to satisfy their day-to-day needs of life. Economic activities include any activity that deals with the manufacturing, distributing, or utilising of products or services.

Question 10.

…………… are business firms engaged in offering goods and services directly to consumers.

(A) Retailers
(B) Traders
(C) Buyers
(D) Teachers
Answer:
(A) Retailers

Explanation:
A retailer is a person or firm that people purchase goods from. They purchase goods from a manufacturer or a wholesaler and sell these goods to consumers in small quantities.

Question 11.

………………… is the distribution process of a retailer obtaining goods or services and selling them to customers for use.

(A) Collecting
(B) Retailing
(C) Assessing
(D) None of the Above
Answer:
(B) Retailing

Explanation:
Retailing is defined as a set of activities or steps used to sell a product or a service to consumers for their personal or family use.

Question 12.

Which one is the example of tertiary activity?

(A) Transport
(B) Agriculture
(C) Diary
(D) Iron and steel industry
Answer:
(A) Transport

Explanation:
Transport involves connections between businesses and their suppliers, between businesses and other businesses, and between businesses and their markets. For the household sector, transport provides people with access to workplaces, schools and shops,

Question 13.

……………. involves the outsourcing of core, information-related business activities.

(A) KPO
(B) DRDO
(C) NGO
(D) CBI
Answer:
(A) KPO

Explanation:
KPO involves the outsourcing of highly skilled personnel as it transfers or assigns of knowledge plus process related to process to another company.

Question 14.

Scientists, researchers, administrators falls under category.

(A) Quinary
(B) Quandary
(C) Tertiary
(D) Medical
Answer:
(A) Quinary

Explanation:
The above mentioned fall in quinary category as the top executives or officials in such fields as government, science,  universities, non- profits, health care, culture, and the media are categorised under this category.

Question 15.

………………. is a term that refers to the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology, and those that don’t or have restricted access.

(A) Digital divide
(B) Border divide
(C) Professional divide
(D) Individual divide
Answer:
(A) Digital divide

Explanation:
The digital divide refers to the gap between those who are to benefit from the Digital Age and those who are not to benefit.

Question 16.

the sector is known in terms of the national economy as a quaternary sector of the economy.

(A) Acknowledgment
(B) Knowledge
(C) Agriculture
(D) Manufacturing
Answer:
(B) Knowledge

Explanation:
Knowledge sector is based on I knowledge and it includes in particular R&D (Research & Development). Knowledge sector brings new markets, creates new industries, produces innovative services, products or methods of work.

Assertion and Reason Based MCQs

Directions: In the following questions, A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.

Question 1.

Assertion (A): Opportunities emerging from the Information and Communication Technology based development is unevenly distributed across the globe.
Reason (R): There are wide ranging economic, political and social differences among countries,

Answer:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
Digital divide anses due to difference in opportunities avalible to people at different places arising because of differential availalbility,of information and communication infrastructure.

Question 2.

Aisertion (A): Scevicra occur at many different levels
Reason (R): Services arr provided to individuai consumers who can afford to pay for them

Answer:
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
Services occur at many different levels. Some are geared to industry some to people and some to both industry and peoples.
e.g. the transport systems.

Question 3.

Assertion (A): Transport activities are essential to carry out trade services
Reason IR): transportation is also essential for deFence purpose

Answer:
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
Transport activity helps in the assembly of raw materials and distribution of finished goods. It makes it possible to move goods from the place of production to the place where they are to be consumed. It links different parts of country with each other and with other countries as well, which increases national and global linkage.

Question 4.

Assertion (A): Most people from colder regions expect to have warm, sunny weather for beach holidays.
Reason (R): Weather and climate have a specific and significant impact on tourism.

Answer:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
People taking winter holidays have specific climatic requirements, either higher temperatures than their own homelands, or snow cover suitable for skiing.

Question 5.

Assertion (A): Tourism has become the single largest activity in the total registered jobs and total revenue.
Reason (R): It not only serves the purpose of recreation but also it provides employment to many local people.

Answer:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
Tourism provide services like transport, accommodation, entertainment and other services. It fosters the growth of infra-‘Structure industries, retail trading and craft industry. It also increases national income.

Question 6.

Assertion (A): Telecommunication is generally distance communication and it’s use is directly linked to the development of modern technology. Reason (R): Satellite communication relays information of the earth and from space.

Answer:
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems. It is lined to modern technology as it enables computers and or groups of computers to be connected through network.

Question 7.

Assertion (A): Trade include provision of services in exchange of payments.
Reason (R): Trade and commerce is essentially buying and selling of items produced elsewhere.

Answer:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
Trade involves the transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Traders i generally negotiate through a medium of f exchange, such as money.

Question 8.

Assertion (A): Wholesalers act as intermediaries between retail stores and manufacturers.
Reason (R): Wholesalers also give credit to retail stores.

Answer:
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
As intermediaries between producers and consumers of goods, wholesalers J facilitate the transport, preparation of quantity,  storage, and sale of articles ultimately destined for customers.

Case-Based MCQs

I. Read the case study given below and answer the questions that follow:
The use of telecommunications is linked to the development of modern technology. It has revolutionised communications because of the speed with which messages are sent. The time reduced is from weeks to minutes. Besides, the recent advancements like mobile telephony have made communications direct and instantaneous at any time and from anywhere. The telegraph, morse code and telex have almost become things of the past.

Radio and television also help to relay news, pictures, and telephone calls to vast audiences around the world and hence they are termed as mass media. They are vital for advertising and entertainment. Newspapers are able to cover events in all corners of the world. Satellite communication relays information of the earth and from space. The internet has truly revolutionised the global communication system.

Question 1.

The means of electronic transmission of information over distances is known as:

(A) Overseas communication
(B) Communication
(C) Telecommunication
(D) Long distance communication
Answer:
(C) Telecommunication

Question 2.

How many types of telecommunications are there?

(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
Answer:
(B) Two

Explanation:
Electrical and electromagnet telecommunication are the two types of telecommunications. These include telegraph, telephone, and teleprinter, networks, radio, microwave transmission fibreoptic, communi cations satellites and the Internet.

Question 3.

Fixed-line telephones were first established as telecommunications network in the late:

(A) 1700s
(B) 1800s
(C) 1900s
(D) None of the Above
Answer:
(B) 1800s

Explanation:
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first fixed line telephone in 1876.

Question 4.

State one characteristic of telecommunications.

(A) Tedious task
(B) No exchange of ideas
(C) Time saving
(D) Two or more persons are involved
Answer:
(C) Time saving

Explanation:
There must be a minimum number of two persons because no single individual can have an exchange of ideas with himself. A listener is necessary to receive one’s ideas. Therefore, there must be at least two persons-the sender of information and the receiver.

II . Read the case study given below and answer the questions that follow:
Tertiary activities are related to the service sector. Manpower is an important component of the service sector as most of the tertiary activities are performed by skilled labour, professionally trained experts and consultants. Tertiary activities include both production and exchange. The production involves the ‘provision’ of services that are ‘consumed’. The output is indirectly measured in terms of wages and salaries. Exchange, involves trade, transport and communication facilities that are used to overcome distance.

Tertiary activities, therefore, involve the commercial output of services rather than the production of tangible goods. They are not directly involved in the processing of physical raw materials. Common examples are the work of a plumber, electrician, technician, launderer, barber, shopkeeper, driver, cashier, teacher, doctor, lawyer and publisher, etc. The main difference between secondary activities and tertiary activities is that the expertise provided by services relies more heavily on specialised skills, experience and knowledge of the workers rather than on the production techniques, machinery and factory processes.

Question 1.

State one feature of tertiary sector.

(A) Labour intensive sector
(B) Involves unskilled labour
(C) Provides support to primary and secondary sectors
(D) All of the Above
Answer:
(C) Provides support to primary and secondary sectors

Explanation:
Transport storage communication banking and trade are some examples of service or tertiary sector. Since these activities generate services rather than goods they promote primary and secondary sectors by providing expertise finance transportation advertisement etc.

Question 2.

How is tertiary sector of economic importance to our country?

(A) Strengthens foreign relations
(B) Improves understanding
(C) Increase in per capita income
(D) None of the Above
Answer:
(C) Increase in per capita income

Question 3.

How is tntiarv sector different from pflmary and secondary sector?

(A) Prcwide, labour
(B) Provides laws and regulation
(C) Protides international seMces
(D) Provides services for production of goods hut does not produce goods
Answer:
(D) Provides services for production of goods hut does not produce goods
Explanation:
The tertiary sector is different from the other two sectors because the other sectors produce goods but this sector does not produce goods by itself. Instead, the tertiary sector activities help in the development 0E the pnmary and secondar sectors.

Question 4.

Which of the following is included in tertiary sector?

(A) ATM Booths
(B) Call centres
(C) Internet cafe
(D) All of them
Answer:
(D) All of them

Explanation:
The tertiary sector covers a wide range of activities from commerce to administration, transport, financial and real estate activities, business and personal services, education, health and social work.

III. Read the case study given below and answer the questions that follow:
Rural marketing centres cater to nearby settlements. These are quasi-urban centres. They serve as trading centres of the most rudimentary type. Here personal and professional services are not weO-developed. These form local collecting and distributing centres. Most of these have mandis (wholesale markets) and also retailing areas. They are not urban centres per se but are significant centres for making available goods and services which are most frequently demanded by rural folk.

Periodic markets in rural areas are found where there are no regular markets and local periodic markets are organised at different temporal intervals. These may be weekly, bi- weekly markets from where people from the surrounding areas meet their temporally accumulated demand. These markets are held on specified dates and move from one place to another. The shopkeepers thus, remain busy on all the days while a large area is served by them.

Question 1.

Rural marketing centres cater to settlements.

(A) Close by
(B) Far flung
(C) Other districts
(D) Scattered
Answer:
(A) Close by

Explanation:
Rural marketing centres cater to nearby settlements. They serve as trading centres of the most rudimentary type. They g making available goods and services which are most frequently demanded by rural folk.

Question 2.

An authorised public gathering of buyers and sellers of commodities at an appointed place at regular intervals is known as:

(A) Social market
(B) Periodic market
(C) Public market
(D) Special market
Answer:
(B) Periodic market

Question 3.

In countries like India, the ………….. centres are the farmer’s first contact point with the marketing channel.

(A) rural market
(B) commercial market
(C) public market
(D) social market
Answer:
(A) rural market

Explanation:
In countries like India, the rural market centres are the farmer’s first contact point with the marketing channel. Therefore, frural markets are considered as the nerve- centres of the economic, social and cultural activities of rural life.

Question 4.

Choose one feature of rural marketing centre.

(A) Organised
(B) High pricing
(C) Vast and scattered
(D) None of the Above
Answer:
(C) Vast and scattered

Explanation:
The rural market in India is vast and scattered, and offers a plethora of opportunities in comparison to the urban § sector. It covers the maximum population and regions, and thereby, the maximum number of consumers. Rural market is account for about 74% of total Indian population.

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