Write a short note on the following in about 30 words.
High-tech industry.
High-tech industry:
(i) High-tech or high technology is the latest generation of manufacturing activities. It is best understood as the application of intensive research and development efforts to the manufacture of products of an advanced and engineering character.
(ii) White collar (professional) workers make up a large share of the total workforce. The example of hightech industries are Robotics on the assembly line, computer-aided design, electronic controls of smelting and refining processes and development of pharmaceutical products.
(iii) Neatly spaced, low, modern, dispersed, office-plant-lab buildings rather than massive assembly structures, factories and storage areas mark the high-tech industrial landscape. High-tech industries which are regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly specialised are called technopolies.
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
Cheap water transport has facilitate the jute mill industry along the Hugli.
Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetable oils are footloose industries.
The development of hydro-electricity and petroleum reduced to a great extent the importance of coal energy as a locational factor for industry.
Port towns in India have attracted industries.
In which one of the following type of economy are the factors of production owned individually?
Capitalist
Mixed
Socialist
None
Which one of the following types of industries produces raw materials for other industries?
Cottage industries
Small-scale industries
Basic industries
Footloose industries
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Automobile industry ... Los Angeles
Shipbuilding industry ... Lusaka
Aircraft industry ... Florence
Iron and steel industry ... Pittsburg
