Assertion (AS): Comparative Public Administration is productive and active in nature.Reason (R): The idea of decline of Comparative Public Administration is premature, although Comparative Public Administration does not appear to have reached a critical point of development.Codes:

• A. Both (AS) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (AS).
• B. Both (AS) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS).
• C. (AS) is true but (R) is false.
• D. (AS) is false but (R) is true.