Question
Distinguish between primary and secondary sectors by stating three points.
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S. No
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Primary sector
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Secondary sector
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(i)
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It covers activities that are under- taken by directly using natural resources.
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It covers activities in which natural prod ucts are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing that we associate with industrial activities.
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(ii)
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It uses natural resources.
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It uses man-made products.
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(iii)
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Since most of the natural products we get are from agriculture, dairy, fishing, forestry so this sector is also called agriculture and related Sector.
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Since this sector gradually became asso- ciated with different kinds of industries that came up, it is also called as industrial sector.
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(iv)
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Example: Dairy, cultivation, mining of mineral ores, fishing, forestry, etc.
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Example: Sugar or gur is manufactured from sugarcane, and bread from wheat.
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