DIRECTIONS: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as ?Assertion A? and the other labelled as ?Reason R?. You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion A and mason 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): The fruits of the cotton plant are about the size of a lemon. Reason (R): Cotton plants are generally grown at places having black soil and warm climate.

• 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.