Question

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The Silicon Valley is an example of technopolies.
Reason (R): In high technology industries the highly skilled specialist (blue collar professionals) workers are greatly outnumbered by the actual production (white collar) workers.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

• A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
• D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Hint:

High-Tech industries are "brain-power" intensive. They have more scientists (White Collar) than factory workers (Blue Collar).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Concept: Technopolies (or Technopoles) are centers of high-tech manufacturing and information services. They are characterized by a cluster of high-tech industries, research institutions, and a specialized workforce.

Step 1: Analyzing Assertion (A).
Silicon Valley in California is the global archetype of a technopolis. It is a planned and self-sustaining cluster of world-leading technology companies, venture capital, and elite research universities (like Stanford). Thus, Assertion (A) is correct.

Step 2: Analyzing Workforce Definitions (R).
The statement in Reason (R) contains two significant errors regarding industry terminology:
• Color Coding: "Blue collar" typically refers to manual production labor, while "White collar" refers to professionals/specialists. The Reason incorrectly labels specialists as blue collar and production workers as white collar.
• Proportions: In high-tech industries (quaternary and quinary sectors), the number of highly skilled specialists (scientists, engineers, designers) usually outnumbers the actual assembly-line production workers.

Step 3: Conclusion.
Because Reason (R) swaps the definitions of worker types and incorrectly identifies the numerical dominance of the workforce, the statement (R) is false.