DIRECTIONS: The questions in this segment consist of two statements, one labeled as "Assertion A" and the other labeled as "Reason R". You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below. Assertion (A): Food is pushed down the food pipe which runs through the neck and chest Reason (R): The peristaltive movement of the wall of the food pipe is a continuous process.

• 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 the correct explanation of A.
• C. A is true but R is false.
• D. A is false but R is true.