Question

Which of the following types of activities is/are covered in the secondary sector?

Options

• It produces services rather than goods

• Natural products are changed through manufacturing

• Goods are produced by exploiting natural resource

• Transport and communication

Answer 1

Natural products are changed through manufacturing

Explanation:

The secondary sector includes activities that produce goods by processing raw materials from the primary sector through manufacturing. 

It involves the transformation of natural products into finished goods. 

For example, cotton fibre is spun into yarn and woven into cloth in the secondary sector.

This sector is also known as the manufacturing or industrial sector. 

It is different from the primary sector which exploits natural resources and from the tertiary sector which provides services.

• Option (a) is incorrect because producing services rather than goods is characteristic of the tertiary sector, not secondary.
• Option (c) describes the primary sector which exploits natural resources to produce goods.
• Option (d) refers to transport and communication, which are activities in the tertiary sector.

Hence, the secondary sector is defined by changing natural products through manufacturing, as in option (b).