Observe the following table and answer the questions that follow.Secto

1.	Observe the following table and answer the questions that follow.SectorEmployment (%)Gross Domestic Product (%)1972- 732009-101972-732009-10Agriculture74%53%43%17%Industry11%22%22%26%Services15%25%35%57%1. What are the major changes that you observe from the above table?2. What is the table about?3. Which sector is providing more employment in 1972-73?4. Which sector has doubled in providing employment?5. What percentage of employment is decreased in agriculture sector?6. Why is the employment in agriculture decreasing?
Answer» 1. There is a great shift from the agricultural sector to industrial and service sectors. 2. The table is about the percentage of workers employed in different sectors in India in 1972-73 and in 2009-10. 3. Agriculture sector is providing more employment in 1972-73. It is about 74%. 4. The sector which has doubled in providing employment is industrial sector. 11% has become 22% from 1972-73 to 2009-10. 5. 21% of employment is decreased in agriculture sector. (74% – 53%) 6. The employment in agriculture is decreasing because the workers are shifting to other sectors as there is no prosperity in agriculture.

Observe the following table and answer the questions that follow.SectorEmployment (%)Gross Domestic Product (%)1972- 732009-101972-732009-10Agriculture74%53%43%17%Industry11%22%22%26%Services15%25%35%57%1. What are the major changes that you observe from the above table?2. What is the table about?3. Which sector is providing more employment in 1972-73?4. Which sector has doubled in providing employment?5. What percentage of employment is decreased in agriculture sector?6. Why is the employment in agriculture decreasing?

Answer»

1. There is a great shift from the agricultural sector to industrial and service sectors.

2. The table is about the percentage of workers employed in different sectors in India in 1972-73 and in 2009-10.

3. Agriculture sector is providing more employment in 1972-73. It is about 74%.

4. The sector which has doubled in providing employment is industrial sector. 11% has become 22% from 1972-73 to 2009-10.

5. 21% of employment is decreased in agriculture sector. (74% – 53%)

6. The employment in agriculture is decreasing because the workers are shifting to other sectors as there is no prosperity in agriculture.