Assertion (A) : Considering the harmful effects of liquor and tabacco products, the government of India banned the advertising of these products. As a reaction to this, the manufacturer of these products started seeking other way to promote these products.
Reason (R) : Manufacturer introduced various other products (surrogates) in the market with the same brand name (like sodas) to remind the target market of their original products.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Analysis of Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
Assertion (A) states that the Indian government banned the advertising of liquor and tobacco products due to their harmful effects, leading manufacturers to find alternative promotional methods. This statement is factually correct. Such bans are implemented to mitigate public health risks associated with these products.
Reason (R) explains that manufacturers introduced surrogate products, such as sodas, under the same brand names as liquor or tobacco products. The purpose was to maintain brand visibility and remind the target audience of the original products. This strategy is known as surrogate advertising and is a common response to advertising bans.
The introduction of surrogate products (Reason R) is a direct consequence and a specific method employed by manufacturers as a reaction to the advertising ban on liquor and tobacco products (Assertion A). Therefore, Reason (R) correctly explains the phenomenon described in Assertion (A).
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct statements. Furthermore, Reason (R) provides the correct explanation for Assertion (A).
The most appropriate answer is Option A.
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| A. The distribution of Wealth (1899) | I. Joan Robinson |
| B. Mordern theory of Rent | II. Marshall |
| C. Quasi Rent | III. David Ricardo |
| D. Rent accrue to land due to original and indestructible power of the soil | IV. J.B. Clark |
| List - I | List - II |
| A. Commercial Bank | I. Established by the central govt. in a state or UT with defined local limits of operations |
| B. Regional Rural Bank | II. Specialized financial institution (for term lending) |
| C. Co-operative Bank | III. Classified into Scheduled and Non-Scheduled Banks |
| D. Development Bank | IV. Autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their economic, social and cultural needs |
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| A. Bureaucracy | I. F.W. Taylor |
| B. Scientific Management | II. Henri Fayol |
| C. Administrative Theory | III. George Elton Mayo |
| D. Hawthorne Experiments | IV. Max Weber |
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| Electronic Configuration | First Ionisation energy (kJ mol$^{-1}$) |
| (A). ns$^2$ | (I). 2100 |
| (B). ns$^2$np$^1$ | (II). 1400 |
| (C). ns$^2$np$^3$ | (III). 800 |
| (D). ns$^2$np$^6$ | (IV). 900 |
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| Spectroscopy | Property |
| (A). Raman | (I). Polarizability |
| (B). FTIR | (II). Dipole Moment |
| (C). UV-Visible | (III). Absorbance |
| (D). NMR | (IV). Spin |