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Which of the following is a tertiary economic activity?1. Weaving2. Farming3. Trading4. Hunting

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Trading

The correct answer is Trading.

Tertiary Sector:

  • The sector that helps in the development of the Primary and Secondary sectors through providing services.
  • Transport, communication, banking, storage, trade, etc. all come under the tertiary or service sector. 
  • However, it also includes services that don’t help directly in producing goods. 
  • E.g. education, healthcare, information technologies, network operators, etc.

  

Primary Sector

  • Primary Sector: the sector that includes natural products like agricultural goods (rice, wheat, cotton, etc.) produced by exploiting the natural resources of the earth.
  • Dairy, fishing, forestry and minerals, and ores are also natural products and therefore activities involved in attaining those products also fall under the primary sector.

Secondary Sector

  • Secondary Sector: the sector that includes goods that are transformed from natural products through industrial activities or manufacturing.
  • It includes artificial techniques which change the form of natural products.
  • E.g.: making clothes using cotton fiber from the plant. It is also called the Industrial Sector.


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