Correct answer: (d) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Explanation
- A
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Both true, R not the explanation. The bank keys R as the reason India is a huge mobile-gaming market: a very large internet-user base.
- B
(A) is false, but (R) is true
(A) false, (R) true. India is widely counted as the world’s second-largest mobile-gaming market (after China). A is not false.
- C
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) true, (R) false. TRAI-style internet-subscriber counts have been put above 950 million, so R is not keyed false.
- D
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). A large internet-user base is what lets India sit as the second mobile-gaming market: cheap data and a phone-first public.
Summary. Official key is (d). India is the second-largest mobile-gaming market. Internet users/subscribers above 950 million is taken as true, and that scale is keyed as the reason.
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