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Question # 1

How much percentage of labour force is engaged is primary economic activity ?

Ans 1: At present about 50 percent labour force is engaged in primary economic activity.

Question # 2

Write down "two main branches" of Geography ?

Ans 1: The subject of Geography is divided into two main branches:
a. Physical Geography.
b. Human Geography.
(a). Physical geography covers study of evolution of land forms, structure study of rocks, distribution of land forms, distribution of animals and plants on the earth surface, it also include the study of atmosphere, oceans and astronomy.

(b). Human geography involves all phases of human's social life in relation to physical earth. We study how man interacts with his environment through activities like hunting, fishing, agriculture, lumbring, mining, manufacturing industries, transport, trade and services. If is also concerned with the distribution of population, nations, settlement and civilization.

Question # 3

Define Geography ?

Ans 1: The world Geography, comes from two Greek words "Geo" which means Earth" and Graphy' which means 'description' or 'writing'. Geography is there fore the study of the Earth's landscapes', which include both the natural and the cultural landscapes

Question # 4

In Primary economic activity, from which resources, we get benefits and which fields are included in this activity ?

Ans 1: Primary economic activities are those that harvest as extract something from the earth. They are at the beginning of the production cycle, where humans are in closest contact with resources and potentialities of the environment. Such activities involve basic food stuff and raw material production. Hunting, gathering, grazing, agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, quarrying are examples.
Primary producers might be labeled redcollar workers due to outdoor nature of their work.

Question # 5

Write down some definitions of economic and commercial geography ?

Ans 1: Economic geography is the study of man and its economic activities under varying sets of conditions. Geographers are of different opinions as regarding the definition of the subject. These are some definitions of the subject.

According to Dudley stamp, economic Geography "involves considerations of geographical and other factors which influence man's productivity, but only in limited depths, so for as they are connected with production and trade."

Prof. E.W Zimmerman pointed out that, economic geography deals with the economics life of man with relation to environment.

In the words of Hartshorne and Alexander: Economic Geography is the study of the spatial variation on the earth's surface of activities related to producing, exchanging and consuming goods and services, when ever possible the goal is to develop generalization's and theories to account for these spatial variations.

R.S Thomsan in his book, "the Geography of economic Activity, has remarked, "Economic Geography may be defined as an enquiry into production, exchange and consumption of goods by people in different areas of the world. Particular emphasis is placed on the location of economic activity upon asking just why economic function are situated where they are in the world.

Question # 6

What do you mean by Secondary economic activity. Explain it with examples ?

Ans 1: Manufacturing (industry) is called secondary economic activity. Manufacturing E.W.Miller, The tern manufacturing includes those activities by which man changes the form or nature of raw materials, converting them into more useful products. Secondary activities include all types of manufacturing from cooking of meal or making of complex industry. Manufacturing of cloth from raw cotton, iron from iron ore and paper from pulp are all secondary economic activities.

Question # 7

Define Economic activity in brief words ?

Ans 1: World's economic activity has passes through various stages of development in the human history. Human economic activity has now in its most develop form and economic Geography has defined it in these words.
Those activities are related to the production, consumption and exchange of things, are called economic activities.

Question # 8

In the study of economic and commercial geography, a geographer searches which basic questions and their answers ?

Ans 1: In the study of economic and commercial geography, we study about the economic activity of man on the earth surface in different enviroments and the regional difference. In this field of geography, we search for answers of there fundamental questions:
a. Where does fall economic activity ?
b. What physical and non physical factors affect the economic activity ?
c. What are important characteristics of economic activity.
In economics we discuss about economic factors but in geography we study about basic resources on the earth with their spatial analysis.

Question # 9

Write down chief characteristics quinary economic activity ?

Ans 1: In this activity, special and highly paid skilled people are called "the goldcollar" professionals-separately recognized subdivision of the tertiary sector. Research scientists, financial and legal consultants, government officials are included in quinary economic activity.

Question # 10

For which spheres of life, Economic and commercial geography is important ?

Ans 1: The prime objective of the subject is to make a proper understanding of functions and operations of recourses in the aspect of economic development of a country. Therefore the subject has vital importance for following fields of life.
i. For Farmers.
ii. ForTraders.
iii. ForIndustrialists.
iv. ForBankers.
v. ForEconomic experts
vi. ForCommerce People
vii. ForShipping Industry People.

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