Question

Assertion (A): Steel plant at Visakhapatnam has to import coal from Australia.

Reason (R): India has huge deposits of high grade iron ore.

Options

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

• Both A and R are true but R does not explain 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 does not explain A.

Explanation:

The Visakhapatnam steel plant does import coal (coking coal) from Australia because India’s reserves of high‑grade coking coal are limited. The Reason (R), that India has huge deposits of high‑grade iron ore, is true, but it does not explain why the plant must import coal: iron ore abundance does not substitute for the specific coking coal needed for smelting. The supporting text notes the limited availability of coking coal forces many plants (for example Visakhapatnam) to import from Australia.