Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Tertiary and Quaternary Activities

Question:

Read the passage carefully and answer the question :

Quarternary activities involve some of the following: The collection, production and dissemination of information or even the production of information. Quarternary activities centre around research, developement and may be seen as an advanced form of services involving specialised knowledge and technical skills. The quarternary sector along with tertiary sector has replaced most of the primary and secondary employment as the basis for economic growth. Over half of all workers in developed economies are in the knowledge sector and there has been a very high growth in demand for and consumption of information. Based services from mutual fund managers to tax consultants, software developers and statisticians. Personal working in office buildings, elementary schools and university classrooms, hospitals and doctors' offices, theatres, accounting and brokerage firms all belong to this category of services.

These 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.

As per the passage which is NOT related to the quinary activities ?

Options:

Creation of new ideas

Re-arrangement of existing ideas

Elementary schools

Interpretation of existing ideas

Correct Answer:

Elementary schools

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Elementary schools

Elementary schools is NOT related to the quinary activities. The passage discusses quaternary and quinary activities, which are associated with high-level knowledge-based and decision-making services, the creation and interpretation of ideas, and the use of advanced technologies. While elementary schools are an essential part of the education sector and are involved in the dissemination of knowledge, they are not typically classified as quinary activities. Instead, they fall more into the educational and training aspects of the tertiary sector.