Assertion: Out Ports are deep water ports built near the sea coasts.
Reasoning: These serve the parent ports by receiving those ships which are unable to approach them due to their large size.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option 4: Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Assertion: Out Ports are deep water ports built near the sea coasts. This is false. Out Ports are deep water ports built away from the actual ports (and not near the sea coasts).
Reasoning: These serve the parent ports by receiving those ships which are unable to approach them due to their large size. This is correct.
NCERT: 'Out Ports are deep water ports built away from the actual ports. These serve the parent ports by receiving those ships which are unable to approach them due to their large size. Classic combination, for example, is Athens and its out port Piraeus in Greece."