The following items consist of two statements, one labeled as “Assertion (A)” and the other labeled as the “Reason (R)”. You are to examine the two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion (A) and the Reason (R) are individually true and if so whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answer to these items using the codes given below and mark your answer accordingly.Assertion (A): The output of a bipolar transistor inverter does not respond instantaneously to the input signal and exhibits a finite time lag.Reason (R): The load grate(s) and junction capacitance of bipolar transistor inverter offer a certain amount of capacitance to the driving inverter.

• 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) false, but (R) is true.