Assertion(A): The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up at Dehradun in 1906.

Reason(R): The institute was set up to promote scientific forestry.

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

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

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

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

answer is A.

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The Imperial Forest Research Institute Dehradun is one of the oldest. The history of the Institute is virtually synonymous with the evolution and development of scientific forestry not only in India but across the entire sub-continent. Built on 450 hectares, the outer Himalayas form its backdrop, the main building of the Institute incorporates Greco-Roman and colonial-style architecture with an area of 2.5 hectares. The building was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest fully brick structure.
The Institute has a well-developed infrastructure of all equipped laboratories, library, herbarium, arboreta, printing press and experimental field areas for conducting forest research.
Hence, Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of the assertion.

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