Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct option: Assertion (A): Iron and steel is considered a heavy industry. Reason (R): It requires lightweight raw materials like cotton and rubber.
A is true, but R is false
A is true. Iron and steel is a classic heavy industry because it uses bulky, heavy raw materials, produces large-scale industrial goods, and requires heavy capital investment in plants and equipment.
R is false. The raw materials for iron and steel are heavy and bulky — iron ore, coking coal, limestone, manganese and dolomite — not lightweight materials like cotton or rubber (cotton is used in textile industry; rubber is used in tyre/rubber industry).
Hence, A is true, but R is false.
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