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.

Silicon Forest technopolies is located in which country?

• A. USA
• B. France
• C. Germany
• D. Japan

Hint:

Silicon Forest is near Seattle.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Understanding the Question
The question asks the country in which the Silicon Forest technopolis lies. The passage links it to a city.

Step 2: Key Fact or Approach
The passage says Silicon Valley near San Francisco and Silicon Forest near Seattle are examples of technopolies. San Francisco and Seattle are both cities of the United States of America. So Silicon Forest is in the USA.

Step 3: Check option (A).
Seattle is in Washington State, USA. Silicon Forest is the high-tech cluster around it, so it lies in the USA. This option is correct.

Step 4: Check option (B).
France has its own technology park, Sophia Antipolis, but the passage places Silicon Forest near Seattle. So this option is wrong.

Step 5: Check option (C).
Germany has no link with Seattle or Silicon Forest in the passage. This option is wrong.

Step 6: Check option (D).
Japan has the Technopolis programme, but Silicon Forest is not in Japan. The passage puts it near Seattle. This option is wrong.

Final Answer:
Silicon Forest is near Seattle in the USA, which is option number 1. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 1 (USA)}} \]