Question

Assertion [A]: India is the second-largest exporter of leather garments and the fourth-largest exporter of leather goods.

​​Reason [​R]: Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana are few states where leather products are manufactured.

• A. A is true but R is false.
• B. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
• C. A is false but R is true.
• D. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• The leather industry of India is accountable for around 13% of the world’s leather production of hides/skins.
• India is the second-largest exporter of leather garments and fourth-largest exporter of leather goods.
• India has plenty of raw materials, with access to 20% of the world’s cattle and buffalo and 11% of the global goat and sheep population.
• Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana are few states where leather products are manufactured.