Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below: Assertion : In ageing, power of intake of useful material and expelling of harmful materials out of the cells both decrease. Reason : With age, elastin protein of connective tissue becomes less flexible, less permeable and insoluble.

• A. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
• B. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 
• C. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
• D. If both the assertion and reason are false
• E. If the assertion is false but reason is true