Economic Activities Around Us

Sohan's grandfather grows wheat, then gets it ground into flour and sells it at the market. Sohan says this whole activity belongs to the primary sector, since it started with farming. Is Sohan right?

Deepti says only people who MAKE something do real work — farmers, carpenters, labourers. Doctors, drivers and teachers just talk or drive people around, so they are not doing real economic work. Is Deepti right?

Comparing two villages, Arjun says the village where the most people work in farming will be the richest, since the most people are working. Is that always true?

Nisha says farming and mining are "lower-grade" work, and a country only advances by moving everyone out of the fields and into offices and services. Her brother says this thinking is off. Who is right?

A handwoven shawl costs far more than a machine-made one, even though making the machine-made shawl also took real effort. Meena says price is decided only by how much effort went into making something. Is that the whole reason?

In a village, almost everyone grows the same one crop. Aryan says the village is in a safe position, since everyone has work. His sister says having everything rest on one thing is risky. Who is right?