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Question
Read the following graph and answer the questions:
India and Brazil
Contribution of sectors in national income and percentage of population engaged in the sector.
Questions:
- Name the sectors mentioned in the graph.
- Which sector contributes the highest in National income in India?
- How much percent of population is engaged in primary sector in Brazil?
- Out of given two countries, the share of primary sector to the national income is less.
- Which country's contribution of tertiary sector to the national income is less?
- In which sector 19% population of Brazil is engaged?
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Solution
- The sectors mentioned in the graph are Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.
- The tertiary sector (service sector) contributes the most to India's gross national product.
- About 10% of Brazil's population is employed in the primary sector.
- Out of the two countries given, the share of the primary sector of the national income is less in Brazil.
- The contribution of the Tertiary sector to the National income is less in India.
- In Brazil, 19% of the population is engaged in the Secondary sector.
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