Question

Study the below table carefully and answer the following questions.

(i) What does the table show? 

(ii) Which sector has the highest occupation? In which year? 

(iii) Which sector has the lowest occupation? In which year? 

(iv) In which sector is the working population occupation decreasing? 

(v) In which sector is the working population increasing? 

(vi) Draw a suitable diagram for statistical information showing A, B and C columns from 1901 to 2011. 

(vii) Compare the data. Write a concluding paragraph on the graph.

Answer 1

(i) The table shows occupational structure of India.

(ii) The primary sector has the highest occupation. It is 72.7 percent in 1951.

(iii) Secondary sector has the lowest occupation. It is 10.00 percent in 1951.

(iv) In the primary sector the working population occupation is decreasing.

(v) In the secondary and tertiary sector, the working population is increasing.

(vi ) Divided Horizontal Percentage Bar Graph

(vii) After studying the occupational structure of India from 1901 to 2011 the following trend is observed:

• There is a continuous fall in the number of persons engaged in primary activities; from 71.9% to 48.96%.
• There is 50% fall (from 50.6% to 26.4%) in the number of persons working as cultivators.
• Even percentage of people engaged in livestock activity, forestry and fishing occupations have gone down by 4 times.
• When it comes to the secondary and tertiary occupations, the number of people working in these activities are increasing continuously. Their number has become almost double.
• The number of people engaged in trade and commerce has become double and there is a four time rise in number of people working in transport and communication.
• In case of other occupations there is a small rise.