Chapter 6: Secondary Activities

Important Questions

1. How has the ‘New Ruhr’ landscape emerged?

2. Write a short note on Footloose industries.

3. Discuss three sub-sectors of cotton textile industry.

4. Differentiate between small scale manufacturing and large scale manufacturing.

5. Differentiate between primary and secondary activities.

Sample Questions

1. Explain any five characteristics of ‘large scale manufacturing’ in the world.

2. Explain the characteristics of household industries and small scale industries of the world.

3. What is the importance of secondary activities in the world?

4. “Agri-business farms are mechanized and large in size”. Examine the statement.

5. How do secondary activities add to natural resources? Explain with three examples.

6. Define the term ‘manufacturing’. Explain any four features of ‘small scale manufacturing’.