Geography
Assertion (A): Wind power accounts for nearly 10 percent of India's total installed power generation capacity.
Reason (R): Wind Mills can be installed in most regions — coastal regions, open grasslands or hilly regions.
- 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
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation — Wind Mills can be installed in most regions — coastal regions, open grasslands or hilly regions, due to which wind power accounts for nearly 10 percent of India's total installed power generation capacity.
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- 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.