Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Tertiary and Quaternary Activities

Question:

The highest level policy makers are grouped into:

Options:

Quarternary Activities

Secondary Activities

Primary Activities

Quinary Activities

Correct Answer:

Quinary Activities

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Quinary Activities

  • The highest level of decision makers or policy makers perform quinary activities.
  • These are subtly different from the knowledge based industries that the quinary sector in general deals with.
  • Quinary activities are services that focus on the creation, re-arrangement and interpretation of new and existing ideas; data interpretation and the use and evaluation of new technologies.
  • Often referred to as 'gold collar' professions, they represent another subdivision of the tertiary sector representing special and highly paid skills of senior business executives, government officials, research scientists, financial and legal consultants, etc.