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 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): Silkworms are usually killed with heat before it reaches the moth stage Reason (R): The emergence of silk moth from cocoons damage the continuity of the thread of the cocoon.

• 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. Cotton worm 
• D. A is false but R is true.