Sugarcane is not a plantation crop. What does this mean for the sugar industry?

1. It is cultivated by farmers in small fields.
2. In the absence of sugar mills near the field the sugar output is lowered.
3. Supply to the sugar industry is irregular.
4. All of the above.

Assertion (A): Mumbai and Ahmedabad have emerged as important cotton manufacturing centres.

Reason (R): They fulfil all requirements of the industry.

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.

Complete the analogy with reference to the silk industry.
Karnataka : Mysore :: Uttar Pradesh : __.

1. Varanasi
2. Agra
3. Mathura
4. Meerut

Assertion (A): India is one of the largest producers of silk in the world.

Reason (R): It has a long tradition of manufacturing and producing silk textiles.

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.