Question

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:

• A. Minneapolis
• B. Technopolies
• C. Metropolis
• D. Megalopolis

Hint:

The passage itself names these regions in its definition sentence.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Understanding the Question
The question asks for the name given to high-tech industries that are concentrated in a region, self-sustained and highly specialised. The passage defines this term.

Step 2: Key Fact or Approach
The passage says high-tech industries which are regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly specialised are called technopolies. Silicon Valley and Silicon Forest are examples. We check each option against this definition.

Step 3: Check option (A).
Minneapolis is a city in the United States. It is not a name for a type of industrial cluster. This option is wrong.

Step 4: Check option (B).
Technopolies is the exact term in the passage for such concentrated, self-sustained, specialised high-tech regions. This option is correct.

Step 5: Check option (C).
Metropolis means a very large city. It describes a settlement size, not an industrial cluster. This option is wrong.

Step 6: Check option (D).
Megalopolis means a huge urban region formed when several large cities join together. It is a settlement term, not a high-tech cluster. This option is wrong.

Final Answer:
Such high-tech regions are called technopolies, which is option number 2. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 2 (Technopolies)}} \]