Assertion (A): When the supply of wheat was disrupted during the First World War, wheat production in Canada, America, and Australia expanded dramatically.

Reason (R): Before the First World War, Asia was a major supplier of wheat in the world market.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

answer is B.

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Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Before World War I, Asia was a significant producer of wheat, but because of the war wheat production in Asia got radically diminished. Hence this place was taken by countries like the USA, Canada, and Australia. The Second Great War, otherwise called the Great War and First World War, was a destructive worldwide struggle that began in Europe. Starting in 1914 and going on until 1918. It most impacted the different regions in Asia and Africa, thus it helped other nations like the USA, Canada, and Australia to thrive in wheat development.

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