Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

ICT has enabled service production to spread across countries by allowing instant communication, data transfer, and remote coordination across borders. Companies can now send work digitally to locations with cheaper skilled labour, completing tasks without physical movement.

Example: A news magazine published for London readers is designed and printed in Delhi. The text is sent via Internet; designers receive instructions through telecommunication; payment is made through e-banking. This way, one service is produced across two countries using ICT.

Source: Globalisation and the Indian Economy, Chapter 4 — Factors that have Enabled Globalisation (Technology/Using IT in Globalisation)

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• The question is directly from the textbook example of the London magazine. Examiners expect students to use this specific example.
• Three things to cover: (1) how ICT enables spread of services, (2) the mechanism (internet, telecom, e-banking), (3) the example — each earns roughly 1 mark.
• Do not confuse with the MNC production example (industrial equipment/call centres) — that works too, but the magazine example is the one explicitly used in the "Using IT in Globalisation" section.