Which of the following is not a primary sector activity?

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Agriculture

Forestry

Manufacturing

Quarrying

answer is C.

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Manufacturing is not a primary sector activity is not a primary sector activity.
The primary sector involves exploiting natural resources, that is, the production of natural resources by agriculture and animal husbandry. It employs more than half of the Indian workforce. All activities which involve extracting something directly from nature come under the primary sector. These raw materials extracted from nature are converted later into various things in industries. These activities come under the secondary sector. More than half of the workforce in India is involved in the primary sector, but the sector's contribution to the GDP is comparatively low. It is because of overcrowding and prevalent, disguised unemployment in agriculture.

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