Question

Assertion [A]: Most of the industries in India are dependent on forests for raw materials.

Reason [R]: Some forests are specifically reserved by the locals to provide raw materials to the industries.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is C A is true and R is false.

The raw materials needed for many of the industries like construction, paper, newsprint, silk, matchboxes, medicinal herbs, honey, lacquer come from the forests. The government has reserved some forests for industries. This task of conserving and monitoring forests is taken up by the central government, the state governments and also by the local people.