Consider the following statements about the course of economic development of a country:
(A) Labour flows from agriculture and related activities to industry and services.
(B) In this process, workers migrate from urban areas to rural areas.
(C) At a much later stage, the industrial sector begins to lose its share of total employment.
(D) At that later stage, the agriculture sector enters a period of rapid expansion.
(E) Developmental strategies in India have aimed at reducing the share of people depending on agriculture.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (C) and (E) only
(A) Labour flows from agriculture and related activities to industry and services. — Correct. This is the first change in development.
(B) In this process, workers migrate from urban areas to rural areas. — Incorrect. Workers move from rural to urban areas, where the new jobs are.
(C) At a much later stage, the industrial sector begins to lose its share of total employment. — Correct. Industry’s share falls only late in development.
(D) At that later stage, the agriculture sector enters a period of rapid expansion. — Incorrect. It is the service sector that expands rapidly at that stage.
(E) Developmental strategies in India have aimed at reducing the share of people depending on agriculture. — Correct. So workers have shifted from farm to non-farm work.
NCERT (2026-27): “6.5 Employment in Firms, Factories and Offices In the course of economic development of a country, labour flows from agriculture and other related activities to industry and services. In this process, workers migrate from rural to urban areas. Eventually, at a much later stage, the industrial sector begins to lose its share of total employment as the service sector enters a period of rapid expansion. …” “6.6 Growth and Changing Structure of Employment … Developmental strategies in many countries, including India, have aimed at reducing the proportion of people depending on agriculture. Distribution of workforce by industrial sectors shows substantial shift from farm work to non-farm work (see Table 6.3). …” |