Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.
Percentage showing distribution of All Workers by Status of Employment: Self-employed, Regular and Casual workers in Rural and Urban Areas in different years.
| Year | ||||
| 1993-94 | 1999-2000 | 2004-05 | 2009-10 | |
| Rural | ||||
| Self-employed | 58.0 | 55.8 | 60.2 | 54.2 |
| All wage workers | 42.0 | 44.2 | 39.9 | 45.9 |
| Regular | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 |
| Casual | 35.6 | 37.4 | 32.8 | 38.6 |
| Urban | ||||
| Self-employed | 42.3 | 42.2 | 45.4 | 41.1 |
| All wage workers | 57.7 | 57.8 | 54.5 | 58.9 |
| Regular | 39.4 | 40.0 | 39.5 | 41.4 |
| Casual | 18.3 | 17.7 | 15.0 | 17.5 |
In developed countries, in which sector are the majority of people working?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Service Sector
Option (3) Service Sector — Correct. In developed countries the majority of people are in the services sector, followed by industry, with agriculture last. The services sector covers work such as trade, transport and financial services.
NCERT (2025-26): “The Specificity of Indian Industrialisation … Let us start with one point of difference, relating to what kind of work people are doing. In developed countries, the majority of people are in the services sector, followed by industry and less than 10% are in agriculture (ILO figures). In India, in 2018–19, nearly 43% were employed in the primary sector (agriculture and mining), 17% in the secondary sector (manufacturing, construction and utilities), and 32% in the tertiary sector (trade, transport, financial services, etc.)…” |