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Make a long list of all kinds of work that you find adults around you doing for a living. In what way can you classify them? Explain your choice.

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S/No.	Nature of work	Nature of activity	Sector
	Bank Clerk	Tertiary	Organised
	Freelancer cartoonist	Tertiary	Unorganised
	Construction worker	Secondary	Unorganised
	Doctor in AIIMS	Tertiary	Organised
	DTC bus driver	Tertiary	Organised
	Farmer	Primary	Unorganised
	Guest house receptionist	Tertiary	Unorganised
	Tailoring shop	Tertiary	Unorganised
	Public sector factory supervisor	Secondary	Organised

We have classified them according to the nature of activity and whether they are working in an organised or unorganised sector. This gives us information on how and where people are employed.

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