Question

1. The Indian cotton industry faces a shortage of continuous power supply, which reduces the optimum use of all factors of production.
2. The shortage of labour is a perennial problem in the cotton industry.

Options

• (B) contradicts (А).

• (B) is the reason for (A).

• (A) is true but (B) is false.

• (A) and (B) are independent of each other.

Answer 1

(A) is true but (B) is false.

Explanation:

Statement (A) is true as frequent power cuts and erratic electricity supply severely disrupt continuous mill operations, lowering overall productivity. However, Statement (B) is strictly false because India possesses a vast and abundant supply of cheap labor, which serves as a major advantage for the textile sector rather than a shortage.