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

Assertion (A) : Jute is an indigenous plant of India.
Reason (R) : Jute is a Kharif crop sown from February to June and harvested from July to October.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of(A)

B) (A) is false, but (R) is trues

C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

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

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 2024 (GS Paper I)