Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Business Studies

Chapter

Business Environment

Question:

Under which dimension of business environment is "Online Booking of Air Tickets" included?

Options:

Legal dimension

Economic dimension

Technical dimension

Social dimension

Correct Answer:

Technical dimension

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Technical dimension.

"Online Booking of Air Tickets" would fall under 'Technical dimension' of the business environment. This dimension encompasses technological advancements and innovations that impact business operations. Online booking of air tickets involves the use of technology and digital platforms to facilitate the reservation process, making it a part of the technical aspect of the business environment.

* Technological environment includes forces relating to scientific improvements and innovations which provide new ways of producing goods and services and new methods and techniques of operating a business. For example, recent technological, advances in computers and electronics have modified the ways in which companies advertise their products. It is common now to see computerised information kiosks, and World Wide Web multimedia pages highlighting the virtues of products. Similarly, retailers have direct links with suppliers who replenish stocks when needed. Manufacturers have flexible manufacturing systems. Airline companies have Internet and World Wide Web pages where customers can look for flight times, destinations and fares and book their tickets online. In addition, continuing innovations in different scientific and engineering fields such as lasers, robotics, biotechnology, food preservatives, medicine, telecommunication and synthetic fuels have provided numerous opportunities and threats for many different enterprises. Shifts in demand from vaccum tubes to transistors, from steam locomotives to dieseland electric engines, from fountain pens to ballpoint, from propeller airplanes to jets, and from typewriters to computer based word processors,have all been responsible and creating new business.