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 specialized are called technopolies. The Silicon Valley near San Francisco and Silicon Forest near Seattle are examples of technopolies.
High-tech industries which are regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly specialised are called:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Technopolies
Option (1) Minneapolis — Incorrect. Minneapolis is a city of the U.S.A. on the Mississippi waterway, not a type of industrial region.
Option (2) Technopolies — Correct. High-tech industries which are regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly specialised are called technopolies, such as Silicon Valley and Silicon Forest.
Option (3) Metropolis — Incorrect. A metropolis is a very large, multifunctional city; the word says nothing about high-tech industry.
Option (4) Megalopolis — Incorrect. A megalopolis, a ‘super-metropolitan’ region of merged conurbations, is about the size of cities, not high-tech industry.
Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2025 on 20-05-2025 (Slot 1), and in CUET (UG) 2023 on 23-06-2023 (Slot 3), 18-06-2023 (Slot 1) and 24-05-2023 (Slot 2).
NCERT (2025-26): “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.…” |