7. TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES.

CHAPTER NO. 07

TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES
Class 12 Geography Book -01

Fundamentals of Human Geography

Very Short Answer type questions. (important Questions)

Q1. Name three types of activities included in service sector.

Ans. 1. Tertiary activities

2. Quaternary activities

3. Quinary activities.

Q2. Name any two examples of tertiary activities?

Ans. Service, transport, communication, Tourism& Trading.

Q3. What do you mean by medical tourism and which countries have involved in medical tourism?

Ans. When medical treatment is combined with international tourism activities it lends itself to what is commonly known as medical tourism.

Medical tourism country- Thailand, Singapore, India, Malaysia.

Q4. Name any two fast emerging countries other than India with reference to medical tourism in the world?

Ans. Switzerland, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Q5. Write any two jobs that involve mental work.

Ans. Doctor, Teaching.

Q6. What is ‘Digital Divide’?

Ans. A divide or gap which has emerged between the developed &developing nations due to difference in economic, political, & social disparities. In the field of ICT developed countries surged forward & developing countries lagged behind this is known as ‘Digital Divide’.

Q7. What is Quaternary activity?

Ans. The activities concerning knowledge such as education, information, research & development & more intellectual occupation whose task is to think research & develop ideas are Quaternary activities.

Q8. To which sector is the Quaternary activity related?

Ans. (R&D) Research and development.

Q9. Where the periodic market, weekly market and bi-weekly market establish?

Ans. In Rural marketing centres.

Q10. Who is Gold collar, Red collar, Blue collar, Green worker, Pink activity, Grey collar?

Ans. 1. Gold collar:- Highly skilled professional [Quinary activity]. For example: Scientist, government officials.

2. Red collar: - Primary activities outdoor nature of their work.

3. Green worker: - Environment worker.

4. Blue collar:- Who involves in skilled and unskilled activity or non- agriculture manual labour OR Worker who do physical work are original works. For example: Mining, maintenance.

5. Pink collar:- Working class who performs in the service OR inferior to white colour workers. For example: Retail clerk’s salesperson.

6. Grey collar:- Skilled technicians, typically someone who both blue collar white collar. For example:- Technology workers.

Q11. What is the main difference between secondary activity and tertiary activities?

Ans. The main difference between secondary activity and tertiary activity is that the expertise provided by service relies more heavily on specialised skills, experience and knowledge of the workers rather than on the production techniques, machinery and factory processes.

Q12. Name any two examples of Quinary activity?

Ans. Specialist, consultants, decision makers.

Q13. What do you mean by Quinary activity?

Ans. The highest level of decision makers or policy makers performs Quinary activity.

Q14. Write any two types of trade?

Ans. 1. Retail trade

2. Wholesale.

Q15. What is KPO?

Ans. KPO (Knowledge processing outsourcing) enables companies to create additional business opportunities.

Q16. How many types of store?

Ans. 1.Chain store

2. Departmental store

3. Consumer cooperative.

Q16. Define outsourcing?

Ans. Outsourcing or contracting out is giving work to an outside agency to improve efficiency and to reduce costs.

Q17. Define off shoring?

Ans. When outsourcing involves transferring work to overseas locations.

Q18. Which factors affect the tourism and transport?

Ans.1. Demand 2.Transport.

Q19. Which factors attract the tourism?
Ans.1.Climate

2. Art and History

3. Culture and Economic

4. Health facility

5. Landscape.

Q20. What is full form of BPO and give some examples of BPO activities?

Ans. Business processing outsourcing (high skilled workers).Examples: Consumer support and call Centre service, Manufacturing and engineering.

Q21. Write the name of any two means of communication.

Ans. T.V & Radio.

Q22. What do you mean by isochrone lines?

Ans. Isochrones lines are drawn on map to join places equal in terms of the time taken to reach them.

Q23. Which is the world’s single largest tertiary activity?

Ans. Tourism (Total registered jobs and total revenue).

Q24. What is wholesale trading service?

Ans.Wholesale trading constitutes bulk business through numerous intermediary merchants and supply houses and not through retail stores. Wholesalers often extend credit to retail stores to such an extent that the retailer operates very largely on the wholesaler’s capital.

Q25. What is retail service?

Ans. Retail trading is the business activity concerned with the sale of goods directly to the consumers.

Q26. What are trading centres?

Ans. The towns and cities where buying and selling of goods take place are known as trading centres.

Q27. Define trade.

Ans. Trade is essentially buying and selling of items produced elsewhere. All the services in wholesale and retail trading or commerce sire specifically intended for profit.

BOOK-01: Fundamentals of Human Geography

Chapter 1. Human Geography Nature and Scope.

Chapter 2. The World Population (Distribution, Density and Growth).

Chapter 3. Population Composition.

Chapter 4. Human Development.

Chapter 5. Primary Activities.

Chapter 6. Secondary Activities.

Chapter 7. Tertiary and Quaternary Activities.

Chapter 8. Transport and Communication.

Chapter 9. International Trade.

Chapter 10. Human Settlements.

BOOK- 02: India People and Economy