Describe mechanisation.
Mechanisation:
(i) It refers to using gadgets which accomplish tasks.
(ii) Automation (without an aid of human thinking during the manufacturing process) is the advanced stage of mechanisation.
(iii) Automatic factories with feedback and closed loop computer control systems where machines are developed to ‘think’, have sprung up all over the world.
Write a short note on the following in about 30 words.
High-tech industry.
Write a short note on the following in about 30 words.
Manufacturing.
Write a short note on the following in about 30 words.
Footloose industries.
Differentiate between primary and secondary activities.
Discuss the major trends of modern industrial activities especially in the developed countries of the world.
Explain why high-tech industries in many countries are being attracted to the peripheral areas of major metropolitan centres.
Africa has immense natural resources and yet it is industrially the most backward continent. Comment.
What are secondary activities and why are they called secondary? Describe with examples.
How are the industries classified?
Describe the basic and consumer goods industries with examples.
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