Given below are two statements, an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Choose the correct answer.
Assertion (A):India, despite having a large amount of coal reserves, has to import coal from Indonesia, Australia, Russia, South Africa, etc., which account for over 80 percent of India's coal imports.
Reason (R):A large part of Indian coal reserves is similar to Gondwana coal; it is of low calorific value and high ash content.
ABoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) ✓ Correct
BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C(A) is true, but (R) is false
D(A) is false, but (R) is true
Correct answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Explanation
Both statements are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
The assertion is true as India imports coal from Indonesia, Australia and others despite its own reserves.
The reason is true as much Indian coal is Gondwana coal of low calorific value and high ash content.
Because home coal burns poorly, India buys higher-grade coal from abroad.
The low quality of domestic coal is exactly why imports are needed.
High ash content also raises pollution and cuts power-plant efficiency.
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