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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. Are some technopolies developing in India?
Regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly specialised High Tech Industries are known as ___________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Technopolies
The passage states: “High-tech industries which are regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly specialised are called technopolies.”
Note 1: This passage is taken from the section ‘Concept of High Technology Industry’ in the chapter ‘Secondary Activities’ (Fundamentals of Human Geography), word for word.
Note 2: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 24-05-2026 (Slot 2), in CUET (UG) 2025 on 20-05-2025 (Slot 1), and in CUET (UG) 2023 on 23-06-2023 (Slot 3) and 18-06-2023 (Slot 1).