Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R): Assertion (A.) : Ahmedabad is the largest centre of cotton textile Industry in India. Reason (R) : Ahmedabad is located in Major cotton growing region of India, so it has no problem of raw materials. Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

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CollectorBabu · Accepted Answer

Correct Answer: Both (A) and'(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). Ahmedabad is the largest centre where 73 out of 118 mills of Gujarat are located. Several factors, like availability of raw cotton, market, transport, etc. play a key role in the localisation of cotton textile industry. The significance of raw cotton is evident from the fact that 80 per cent of the industry is coterminous with the cotton growing tracts of the country. Some of the important centres such as Ahmedabad, Solapur, Nagpur, Coimbatore and Indore are located in the areas of large-scale cotton cultivation. Mumbai is also not far away from the cotton producing areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat which have contributed a good deal in the localisation and growth of cotton textile industry here.

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