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Tertiary and Quaternary Activities

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Geography

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Understanding Tertiary Activities

  • Tertiary activities are service-based activities that involve provision of services rather than production of tangible goods
  • They are performed by skilled labour, professionally trained experts and consultants
  • Include both production (provision of services) and exchange (trade, transport, communication)
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Trade Activities

  • Trade involves buying and selling of items produced elsewhere
  • All trading activities are specifically intended for profit
  • Trading centres are classified as rural and urban marketing centres
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Transport Systems

  • Transport is a service that physically carries people, materials, and goods from one location to another
  • An organized industry satisfying basic human need of mobility
  • Essential for production, distribution, and consumption of goods
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Communication Services

  • Communication involves transmission of words, messages, facts, and ideas
  • Initially dependent on transport means - carried by hand, animals, boats, road, rail, air
  • Modern developments like mobile telephony and satellites made communication independent of transport

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ServiceBuying and selling of goods producedServices that physically move peopleTransmission of informationTravel for recreation purposes that has

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