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Social Science · 2026 · 2 marks
CBSE 2026 · Region 2 · Set 3 · Q35
Explain the main characteristics of the 'secondary sector' of the economy.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) The secondary sector covers activities in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing.
(ii) It is the next step after primary sector activity.
(iii) The raw material has to be converted into finished good and therefore some process of manufacturing is essential.
(iv) The production could take place in a factory, a workshop or at home.
(v) It is associated with industrial activity, hence called as industrial sector.
(vi) Examples- making sugar or gur from sugarcane, converting earth into bricks, etc.
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