Assertion(A): Cotton was the first industry in England to emerge.

Reason(R): In Victorian Britain, the industrialists did not want to introduce machines that got rid of human labour and required large capital investment.

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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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Cotton was the first industry in England to emerge. Still, other reasons, like technological inventions and improvements, also contributed to its development, making it the first icon of the new era. The household manufacturing system was changed and transformed into a factory system due to inventions.
Human labour was in great abundance in Victorian England. The industrialists did not want to develop machines that eliminated human labour and required significant capital expenditure because wages were low when there was a labour surplus. This benefitted the employers. The products that were manufactured using machines were exported to the colonies.
Thus, both the Assertion and Reason are True. But the Reason is not the correct explanation for the Assertion.

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