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.

Which of the following is the latest generation of manufacturing activities?

• A. Eco-tourism
• B. High-tech
• C. Medical tourism
• D. Outsourcing

Hint:

The first sentence of the passage names it.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: What is being asked.
We need the term that the passage uses for the newest stage of manufacturing.

Step 2: Sort the choices by sector.
Eco-tourism and medical tourism are both tourism, a service activity. Outsourcing is a way of organising work, mostly in services. Only high-tech is a manufacturing activity.

Step 3: Confirm with the passage.
The opening sentence says high-tech is the latest generation of manufacturing activities. So the sorting above agrees with the text.

Step 4: Rule out choice 1.
Eco-tourism is about visiting natural places. It does not make products, so it cannot be a manufacturing generation.

Step 5: Rule out choice 3.
Medical tourism is about travelling for health care. It is a service, so it is out.

Step 6: Rule out choice 4.
Outsourcing is about handing tasks to another firm. The passage does not link it with manufacturing generations, so it is out.

Step 7: Second check.
Recheck the answer by reading the opening line of the passage again. It says high-tech is the latest generation of manufacturing activities. None of the other three choices is manufacturing, so there is no doubt left, and the answer stays at choice 2.

Final Answer:
Choice 2 is the only match. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 2}} \]