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

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

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
  3. A is true but R is false.
  4. A is false but R is true.

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

Explanation — Though India has huge deposits of high grade iron ore, her coal reserves are limited so Steel plant at Visakhapatnam has to import coal from Australia. However, these are two separate facts so Reason (R) does not explain Assertion (A).

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