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40 CXC CSEC Social Studies questions on Economic Activities, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which of the following is the BEST example of a primary economic activity in the Caribbean?

  1. Manufacturing rum in Jamaica
  2. Bauxite mining in Guyana
  3. Banking services in Barbados
  4. Tourism in Trinidad and Tobago
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✓ Answer: BBauxite mining in Guyana
Award 1 mark for identifying extraction of raw materials as a primary activity. A is incorrect — rum manufacturing is a secondary activity (processing). C is incorrect — banking is a tertiary activity (services). D is incorrect — tourism is a tertiary activity (services).
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

State which factor of production is represented by a fishing boat used by a Barbadian fisherman.

  1. Land
  2. Labour
  3. Capital
  4. Entrepreneurship
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✓ Answer: CCapital
Award 1 mark for identifying capital as man-made resources used in production. A is incorrect — land refers to natural resources. B is incorrect — labour refers to human effort. D is incorrect — entrepreneurship refers to the organisation of other factors and risk-taking.
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CXC CSEC Social Studies: Economic Activities FAQ

How many CXC CSEC Social Studies questions on Economic Activities are there on Kramizo?
Kramizo currently has 40 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Economic Activities for CXC CSEC Social Studies, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real CXC paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
Is Kramizo free for CXC CSEC students preparing for Social Studies?
Yes — completely free. Every student gets 45 questions a day on the free plan, with no card required and no trial countdown. That free quota works across every subject and every topic in our bank, so you can mix Economic Activities practice with other Social Studies topics or even switch to a totally different CXC subject without paying anything. Kramizo's optional Pro plan removes the daily cap and adds detailed progress analytics, but the free tier is the real product — used by thousands of GCSE, IGCSE and CSEC students.
Are the Economic Activities questions aligned to the official CXC CSEC Social Studies syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CXC CSEC Social Studies specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CXC paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CXC.
How is Economic Activities typically tested on CXC CSEC Social Studies papers?
Economic Activities appears across multiple question types on real CXC CSEC Social Studies papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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