Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: [LGC (Geog) 2016] Assertion [A]: Land surface is heated more quickly and to a greater extent than the water surface when subjected to equal amount of insolation. Reason [R]: The land is opaque while water is transparent to solar radiation.

• A.  Both A and R are true, and R is correct explanation of A.
• B.  Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation of A.
• C.  A is true, but R is false.
• D.  A is false, but R is true.