Correct Answer - Option 2 : Transport
Human activities that generate income are known as economic activities.
- Economic activities are broadly grouped into primary, secondary, tertiary activities. Higher services under tertiary activities are again classified into quaternary and quinary activities.
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Primary activities are directly dependent on the environment as these refer to the utilization of the 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.
- People engaged in primary activities are called red-collar workers due to the outdoor nature of their work.
Thus, transport does not belong to the primary sector of the economy.
Tertiary activities include both production and exchange.
- The production involves the ‘provision’ of services that are ‘consumed.
- Exchange involves trade, transport and communication facilities that are used to overcome distance.
