Direction: Given question consists of two statements, one labeled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below.Assertion (A): The basic group in an FDM system occupies a band of 60 kHz to 108 kHz in frequency.Reason (R): The voice channels in FDM are band-limited to 4 kHz and carrier frequencies fc = 60 + 4 × n kHz are used for 12 channels in the basic group.

• A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
• B. Both A and R are individually 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