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Question
The following table gives the GDP in Rupees (Crores) by the three sectors:
| Year |
primary | secondary | tertiary |
| 2000 | 52,000 | 48,500 | 1,33,500 |
| 2013 | 8,00,500 | 10,74,000 | 38,68,000 |
- Calculate the share of the three sectors in GDP for 2000 and 2013.
- Show the data as a bar diagram similar to Graph 2 in the chapter.
- What conclusions can we draw from the bar graph?
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Solution
(i) In 2000,
primary sector = 22.22%, secondary sector = 20.73%, tertiary sector = 57.04%
In 2013,
primary sector = 13.94%, secondary sector = 18.70%, tertiary sector = 67.36%
(ii)
(iii) We can draw the conclusion that the share of the tertiary sector in the GDP has increased by 10%, while that of the primary sector has almost halved. The secondary sector has grown by about 2% in the last 13 years.
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