SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The people who worked on farms earlier, now began to work in factories in large numbers. People began to use many more goods that were produced in factories at cheap rates. As a result, the secondary sector gradually became the most important in total production and employment. Q.

Detailed explanation-2: -The secondary sector covers the manufacturing of goods in the economy, including the processing of materials produced by the primary sector. It also includes construction and the public utility industries of electricity, gas, and water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Secondary sector has 16% of the workforce in rural areas and 31% of the workforce in urban areas. In secondary sector, women account to about 20% of the workforce and men account to about 25.9 percent of the workforce.