DIRECTIONS: The questions in this segment consists 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): Loss of top soil is called soil erosion Reason (R): Heavy rains and deforestation causes loss of soil.

• 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. N-pole S-pole Y Z    
• D. A is false but R is true.