Question

Assertion (A): Large-scale industries help in developing infrastructure.

Reason (R): They produce goods that are necessary for the development of infrastructure of other industries.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is B Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A.

Large-scale industries produce capital and basic goods for other industries. In a way, they drive the whole process of industrialisation. They produce goods like railway engines, railway wagons, trucks, motors, planes, electrical equipment, transformers, telephones, radios, transistors, and so on. All these are necessary to develop infrastructure of other industries. Thus, they help in economic development.