Q: How does AMUL exemplify the interconnection of economic sectors?
A: AMUL involves primary (milk production), secondary (processing), and tertiary (transportation and sales) sector activities.
Q: What are middlemen in the context of economic activities?
A: Middlemen are people who buy goods from producers and sell them to consumers, charging a fee for this service.
Q: Name two leaders who played crucial roles in establishing AMUL.
A: Tribhuvandas Patel (lawyer and freedom fighter) and Dr. Varghese Kurien (an engineer) played crucial roles in establishing AMUL.
Q: How does recycling paper benefit the environment?
A: Recycling paper saves trees, reduces landfill space, and uses less energy and water compared to making new paper from wood pulp.
Q: What is a cooperative in the context of economic activities?
A: A cooperative is a group of people who voluntarily come together to meet their economic and social needs in a formal way.
Q: How does the textbook production process involve all three economic sectors?
A: It involves primary (extracting pulp), secondary (making paper and printing), and tertiary (transportation and sales) sector activities.
Q: What are some examples of tertiary sector activities in the AMUL story?
A: Transportation of products, retail sales, and exporting products to other countries are examples of tertiary sector activities in the AMUL story.
Q: How did the AMUL cooperative benefit farmers?
A: It allowed farmers to control production and sale of milk, share tasks, and gradually increase their income.
Q: What is the difference between retail and export?
A: Retail involves selling goods in small quantities to end consumers, while export involves selling goods to buyers in other countries.
Q: Name three milk cooperatives in India other than AMUL.
A: Nandini (Karnataka), Mother Dairy (Delhi-NCR), and Aavin (Tamil Nadu) are examples of other milk cooperatives in India.
Q: How does the secondary sector depend on the primary sector?
A: The secondary sector uses raw materials from the primary sector to produce goods, e.g., using wood from forests to make furniture.
Q: What is a factory in the context of economic sectors?
A: A factory is a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or various components are assembled to make a final product.
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