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Question
Assertion (A): AGMARK is used for industrial goods.
Reason (R): For gold jewellery ‘Hallmark’ is provided for standardisation.
Options
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
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Solution
Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
Explanation:
AGMARK is an official quality certification mark in India that is only used for agricultural products including pulses, grains, honey, and ghee, whereas the ISI mark is used for industrial goods. On the other hand, the reasoning is completely correct because Hallmark (managed by the Bureau of Indian Standards) is the necessary quality mark used to validate the purity and standardisation of gold and silver jewellery. Because the allegation is factually incorrect from the outset, there is no logical relationship or explanation between the two statements.
