Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

When the government constructs an irrigation canal, employment is generated sequentially across all three sectors:

Primary Sector: Farmers can now irrigate their land and grow a second crop (e.g., wheat in rabi season). This reduces underemployment — additional family members get productive work in agriculture.

Secondary Sector: Higher agricultural output creates demand for seeds, fertilisers, pumpsets, and processing units. Industries such as dal mills, flour mills, and food-processing units set up in semi-rural areas generate industrial employment.

Tertiary Sector: The increased produce must be transported, stored, and traded. This creates jobs in transport, trade, storage (e.g., cold storage), banking (agricultural credit), and communication — all service-sector activities supporting the other two sectors.

Thus, one government intervention triggers a chain of employment across primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors, reducing underemployment and boosting GDP.

Source: How to Create More Employment?, Chapter 2 (Sectors of the Indian Economy)

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• The examiner expects a sequential, sector-wise answer — not a general paragraph about employment.
• Use concrete examples from the textbook: second crop, dal mill, cold storage, transport — these earn marks.
• The key concept is interdependence of sectors: canal → more produce (primary) → processing (secondary) → trade/transport (tertiary).
• Mentioning underemployment in primary sector and its reduction shows depth.
• Keep each sector point distinct and label it clearly; this makes it easy for the examiner to award step marks.