Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

The two classifications — primary/secondary/tertiary and organised/unorganised — are independent of each other and can overlap. A worker's sector (primary, secondary, tertiary) depends on the nature of activity, while organised/unorganised depends on employment conditions. Thus, a landless agricultural labourer (primary sector) and a street-food vendor (tertiary sector) can both be unorganised.

This overlap is important for policy-making because the government cannot focus only on one classification. Policies must address both what workers produce and their working conditions — ensuring protection, fair wages, and job security for unorganised workers across all three sectors.

Source: Sectors of the Indian Economy, Chapter 2 — How to Protect Workers in the Unorganised Sector

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• Examiners look for: (1) clear statement that the two classifications use different criteria, (2) the example correctly explained, (3) policy relevance linked to the textbook point about protecting unorganised sector workers.
• Avoid writing a vague answer — name the specific criteria (nature of activity vs. employment conditions).
• The textbook explicitly states that unorganised sector workers span rural (agricultural labourers) and urban (street vendors, construction workers) areas, making cross-sector protection essential.