Read the given passage carefully and answer the following questions.
Concept of High Technology Industry
High technology, or simply high-tech, is the latest generation of manufacturing activities. It is best understood as the application of intensive research and development (R and D) efforts leading to the manufacture of products of an advanced scientific and engineering character. Professional (white collar) workers make up a large share of the total workforce. These highly skilled specialists greatly outnumber the actual production (blue collar) workers. Robotics on the assembly line, computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing, electronic controls of smelting and refining processes, and the constant development of new chemical and pharmaceutical products are notable examples of a high-tech industry.
Neatly spaced, low, modern, dispersed, office-plant-lab buildings rather than massive assembly structures, factories and storage areas mark the high-tech industrial landscape. Planned business parks for high-tech start-ups have become part of regional and local development schemes.
High-tech industries which are regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly specialised are called technopolies. The Silicon Valley near San Francisco and Silicon Forest near Seattle are examples of technopolies.
Which is not an example of High-tech Industry?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Furniture Repairing
The passage states: “Robotics on the assembly line, computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing, electronic controls of smelting and refining processes, and the constant development of new chemical and pharmaceutical products are notable examples of a high-tech industry.”
High-tech industry applies intensive research and development (R and D) to make products of an advanced scientific and engineering character.
Option (1) Robotics on the assembly line — An example of high-tech industry. Robotics on the assembly line is a high-tech industry.
Option (2) New chemical and Pharmaceutical Products — An example of high-tech industry. The constant development of new chemical and pharmaceutical products is a high-tech industry.
Option (3) Furniture Repairing — Not an example of high-tech industry. Furniture repairing does not use intensive research and development, so it is not a high-tech industry.
Option (4) Computer-aided design — An example of high-tech industry. Computer-aided design (CAD) is a high-tech industry.