Question

Assertion (A): Most of the jute industry in India is located in a narrow belt along the banks of Hugli river.

Reason (R): India is the second largest exporter of jute.

Options

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is true, but (R) is false.

• (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer 1

Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Explanation:

• Assertion (A) is true: Most of India’s jute mills are heavily concentrated in a narrow geographic strip (about 98 km long and 3 km wide) along the banks of the Hugli River in West Bengal.
• Reason (R) is true: India is the largest producer of raw jute globally and ranks as the second-largest exporter of jute goods, right after Bangladesh.