Assertion (A): The licensing system helped spread industry to backward regions.
Reason (R): IPR 1956 was adopted after the New Economic Policy of 1991.

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.Correct answerYour answerBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.Correct answerYour answerA is true, but R is false.Correct answerYour answerA is false, but R is true.Correct answerYour answer

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Correct answer: C

Easier licences and concessions for backward areas did this: A is true.
IPR came in 1956, long before 1991, so R is false.

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Assertion (A): The licensing system helped spread industry to backward regions.Reason (R): IPR 1956 was adopted after the New Economic Policy of 1991.

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Assertion (A): The licensing system helped spread industry to backward regions.
Reason (R): IPR 1956 was adopted after the New Economic Policy of 1991.