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UPSC Prelims 2000 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Assertion (A): In Australia, cattle rearing is done more for meat than for milk. Reason (R): Australians are traditionally non-vegetarians.
- (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- (c) A is true but R is false.
- (d) A is false but R is true.
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Answer: (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Beef cattle dominate (Australia is a top beef exporter), and Australians do eat meat — but vast dry grazing land and exports, not local diet, explain it.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Treats diet as the reason — but the beef is mostly exported.
(c) Rejects R — Australians are largely meat-eaters.
(d) Rejects A.
The trap
R is true and sounds like a cause. The real driver is dry rangeland and export markets.
🔒 Australia: beef cattle on dry grasslands (exports); dairy in the wetter south-east.
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