Choose the correct option taking the following statements into consideration.

Assertion (A) : Location of India has a strategic importance to its economy.
Reason (R) : India has a long coastline that supports trades and exchanges from different places around the world.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

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

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A is true but R is false.

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A is false but R is true.

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Solution

The correct option is A Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
The location of India has a paramount importance to its economy. It has a central location, linking East and West Asia.

India has a long coastline that supports trade and exchange from different places around the world. There is no other country that has a coastline as long as that of India in the Indian Ocean.

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