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Question
Assertion (A): Water transport plays an important role in the international trade of India.
Reason (R): The east coast of India has more ports than its west coast.
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 correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
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Solution
(A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
Explanation:
Water transport is critical for India’s foreign trade, as the majority of the country’s imports and exports pass through ports along its coastline. Major ports such as Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata handle huge amounts of trade, hence option (A) is true. However, (R) is wrong because India’s west coast has more important ports than the east coast due to natural harbors and deeper oceans. The west coast has ports like Mumbai, Kandla, Mormugao, and Kochi, whereas the east coast includes ports like Chennai, Paradip, and Visakhapatnam, though they are less in number.
