Assertion: The iron and steel industry forms the base of all other industries and, therefore, it is called a basic industry. Reasoning: It provides raw material for other industries such as machine tools used for further production. |
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A. Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct. Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct. |
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. |
The iron and steel industry forms the base of all other industries and, therefore, it is called a basic industry. It is basic because it provides raw material for other industries such as machine tools used for further production. It may also be called a heavy industry because it uses large quantities of bulky raw materials and its products are also heavy. |