_Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban- based absentee landlords$?

• A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
• B. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
• C. A is true but R is false
• D. A is false but R is true