Manufacturing & Industry: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on manufacturing, learning curves, mass production, cars and pharmaceuticals.

Question 1 of 5 Why has manufacturing been seen as special for development?

It uses no workers It offers productivity growth, jobs for less-educated workers and export markets It is always subsidised It needs no investment

East Asian economies grew rich through manufacturing exports.

Question 2 of 5 What does Wright's law describe?

Prices always rise Costs fall by a roughly constant percentage each time cumulative production doubles Factories never improve Wages fall over time

Theodore Wright observed this in aircraft production in 1936.

Question 3 of 5 What did Henry Ford introduce in 1913?

The electric car The moving assembly line Robots The Toyota Production System

Model T assembly time fell from over 12 hours to around 90 minutes.

Question 4 of 5 In India, which vehicles have led the shift to electric?

Trucks Two- and three-wheelers Aircraft Ships

Electric rickshaws and scooters have spread faster than electric cars.

Question 5 of 5 What did India's 1970 Patents Act allow?

Patents on medicines themselves Only process patents, letting Indian firms make cheaper versions of patented drugs No patents at all Only foreign firms to make medicines

This helped India become the pharmacy of the world.

← Back to Electronics Manufacturing in India Next lesson → Industrial Clusters in India

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