Question

As the automobile industry developed, it promoted the growth of all the following EXCEPT:

• A. the asphalt and road-paving industries
• B. the advertising business
• C. the oil-refining industry
• D. the telephone and telegraph industries
• E. the importation of rubber

Answer 1

The correct option is D the telephone and telegraph industries

The rise in auto ownership meant a rise in paved roads on which to drive; automakers increased advertising so that people would buy their cars and not those of their rivals; oil refining was necessary for fuel for cars, and more rubber had to be imported to meet the need for tires.