Tertiary and Quaternary Activities — Class 12 Geography PYQs

Identify the main characteristics of quaternary activity from the following:
[Max Marks: 1 | Set: 64/1/1]

Read the following statements regarding quaternary activities carefully and choose the correct option:
i. It is associated with collection and production of information.
ii. It focuses on the production of tools.
iii. It is centred around research and development.
iv. It involves specialized knowledge and technical skills.
[Max Marks: 1 | Set: 64/1/2]

Identify the statement applicable to outsource receiving country.
[Max Marks: 1 | Set: 64/1/3]

Identify the correct option related to transport services from the following.
[Max Marks: 1 | Set: 64/4/1]

Differentiate between rural and urban marketing centres with examples.
[Max Marks: 3 | Set: 64/1/1]

Differentiate between retail and wholesale trading with examples.
[Max Marks: 3 | Set: 64/1/2]

Which one of the following is able to purchase merchandise more economically, by contacting the manufacturers to produce the goods according to their specification?
[Max Marks: 1 | Sets: 64/1/1, 64/1/2, 64/1/3]

Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Services
Services occur at many different levels. Some are geared to industry, some to people, and some to both industry and people, e.g., the transport systems. Services, such as grocery shops and laundries are more common and widespread than high-order services or more specialized ones like those of accountants, consultants and physicians. Services are provided to individual consumers who can afford to pay for them. For example, the gardener, the launderers and the barber do primarily physical labour. Teachers, lawyers, physicians, musicians and others perform mental labour.
Many services have now been regulated. Making and maintaining highways and bridges, maintaining fire fighting departments and supplying or supervising education and customer care are among the important services most often supervised or performed by governments or companies. State and Union legislation have established corporations to supervise and control the marketing of such services as transport, telecommunication, energy and water supply. Professional services are primarily health care, engineering, law and management. The location of recreational and entertainment services depends on the market.
(i) Mention any one example of common and widespread services.
(ii) Who supervises and controls the marketing of services?
(iii) "Services occur at many different levels." Support the statement.
[Max Marks: 3 | Sets: 64/1/1, 64/1/2, 64/1/3]

Read the following characteristics of wholesale trading carefully and choose the correct option:
i. It is constituted by numerous intermediaries, merchants and supply houses.
ii. Wholesalers often extend credit to retail stores.
iii. Generally retailers operate very largely on the wholesaler's capital.
iv. Mail order, automatic vending machines, street vendors are some of its examples.
[Max Marks: 1 | Sets: 64/4/1, 64/4/2]

Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Tertiary Sector
When you fall ill you go to your family doctor or you call a doctor. Sometimes your parents take you to a hospital for treatment. While in school, you are taught by your teachers. In the event of any dispute, legal opinion is obtained from a lawyer. Likewise, there are many professionals who provide their services against payment of their fee. Thus, all types of services are special skills provided in exchange of payments. Health, education, law, governance and recreation etc. require professional skills. These services require other theoretical knowledge and practical training. 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.
In the initial stages of economic development, larger proportion of people worked in the primary sector. In a developed economy, the majority of workers get employment in tertiary activity and a moderate proportion is employed in the secondary sector.
(i) Why is 'manpower' an important factor of service sector? Explain.
(ii) Explain the difference between the activities of secondary and tertiary sectors.
(iii) "Tertiary activities include both production and exchange." Support the statement.
[Max Marks: 3 | Sets: 64/4/1, 64/4/2, 64/4/3]