DIRECTIONS: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as "assertion and the other labelled as "reason 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): Trees are plants which are very tall. They have a hard and thick brown stem. Reason (R): Lamina is thin, flat, broad, green part of leaf.

• 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.