Consider:

Assertion (A): Aurangzeb succeeded Shahjahan to the Mughal throne.
Reason (R): The law of primogeniture was followed.

Select the correct answer from the coding scheme given below:

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 and (R) is false

D) (A) is false but (R) is true

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 1994 (GS Paper I)