Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The Mughal Empire was originally a Military State.
Reason (R) : The vitality of the development of the Central Government System depended on its military power.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :

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 the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true, but (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 2021 (GS Paper I)