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Question
The economy of Brazil is mainly dependent on the ______ activities there.
Options
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
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Solution
The economy of Brazil is mainly dependent on the tertiary activities there.
Explanation:
Brazil has a well-developed tertiary sector, which includes services like banking, tourism, and trade, contributing the most to its GDP. Although agriculture and industry are also significant, the service sector plays a dominant role in economic growth and employment. Hence, tertiary activities are the backbone of Brazil’s economy.
RELATED QUESTIONS
B) Read the following graph and answer the questions :
i) In which country is the contribution of tertiary sector higher ?
ii) In India, most people are engaged in which occupational sector?
iii) Which country has only 10% of the population engaged in primary sector?
iv) How much does tertiary sector contribute to the national income of India?
v) Which sector contributes the least in the Brazilian national income?
vi) What is the percentage of people engaged in the secondary sector in Brazil?
India’s per capita income is less than Brazil due to ______.
Give geographical reasons.
Per capita land availability is more in Brazil as compared to India.
Classify the following activities in by ticking (✓) in the respective column.
| Activities | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary |
| Television Broadcasting | |||
| Bee-keeping | |||
| Coir and Rope making | |||
| Jaggery-making | |||
| Producing blades of the plough. |
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| Construction | |||
| Extracting Iron Ore | |||
| Automobile Production | |||
| Rice Production | |||
| Teaching | |||
| Driving buses | |||
| Providing lodging and boarding facilities |
With the help of the pie chart given in the fig., tell what the contribution of secondary activities is to Brazil’s GDP?
Distinguish Between:
Occupations in India and Brazil.
Observe the following graph and answer the questions given below-
- Which country has a higher percent of the population engaged in primary activities?
- In which country is the contribution of tertiary sector greater in the GDP?
- In which country is the share of secondary activities more in the GDP?
- Can we say that Brazil is an agrarian economy like India? Give reasons.
- Which country has a higher percent of the population engaged in secondary activities?
- How much percent of population is engaged in tertiary activities in India?
Give geographical reasons for the following:
There are limitations on mining in the interior parts of Brazil.
India and Brazil are progressing in the fields of ______ education and industry.
In figure given below, the pie-charts show the contribution of each sector in the respective country’s GDP and the percentage of population engaged in various activities. Read both the pie-charts carefully and answer the following questions.
- Which country has a higher percentage of population engaged in primary activities?
- In which country is the contribution of tertiary sector greater in the GDP?
- In which country is the share of secondary activities more in the GDP?
- Can we say that Brazil is an agrarian economy like India? Give reasons.
