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Primary Activities
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What is an economic activity and how are they grouped? Describe Primary activities.

Answer

Human activities which generate income are known as economic activities.
Economic activities are broadly grouped into primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary activities.
Primary activities are directly dependent on environment as these refer to utilisation of earth’s resources such as land, water, vegetation, building materials and minerals. It, thus includes, hunting and gathering, pastoral activities, fishing, forestry, agriculture, and mining and quarrying.

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