Modern large scale manufacturing doesn't have the following characteristic:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Low level capital investment
Modern large scale manufacturing means making goods in huge quantities in big factories, using machines, skilled workers and a lot of money.
Option (1) Specialisation of Skills — A characteristic. In mass production each worker does only one task again and again, making standard parts. This is faster and cheaper than the old craft method, where only a few pieces are made to order.
Option (2) Technological Innovation — A characteristic. Factories keep doing research and development to improve quality, cut waste and reduce pollution.
Option (3) Mechanisation — A characteristic. Machines and gadgets do the work. In its advanced stage, automation, machines run with almost no human help.
Option (4) Low level capital investment — Not a characteristic. Large factories and machines need vast capital, not low capital.
NCERT (2026-27): “Characteristics of Modern Large Scale Manufacturing … Modern large scale manufacturing has the following characteristics: Specialisation of Skills/Methods of Production Under the ‘craft’ method factories produce only a few pieces which are made-to-order. So the costs are high. On the other hand, mass production involves production of large quantities of standardised parts by each worker performing only one task repeatedly.” “Organisational Structure and Stratification … Modern manufacturing is characterised by a complex machine technology and extreme specialisation and division of labour for producing more goods with less efforts and low costs. It also requires vast capital, large organisations and executive bureaucracy for a large scale manufacturing industry.” |