Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Transport and Communcation

Question:

Assertion: The construction of the Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) artery by ONGC provided the impetus to the Indian gas market development.
Reasoning: HVJ artery linked Mumbai High and Bassein gas fields with various fertiliser, power and industrial complexes in western and northern India. 

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is correct, but Reasoning (R) is incorrect.

Assertion (A) is incorrect, but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is incorrect, but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4: Assertion (A) is incorrect, but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Assertion: The construction of the Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) artery by ONGC provided the impetus to the Indian gas market development. This is false. Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) artery was coonstructed by GAIL and NOT ONGC.
Reasoning: HVJ artery linked Mumbai High and Bassein gas fields with various fertiliser, power and industrial complexes in western and northern India.This is correct.