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

Assertion (A) -The Tamil Nadu coast remains dry during South-West monsoon season.
Reason(R) - The Tamil Nadu coast is situated parallel to the Bay of Bengal branch of South-West monsoon and it lies in the rain shadow area of the Arabian Sea branch of the South-West monsoon during monsoon season.

Select the correct answer using the code given below-
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A) (A) is true but (R) is false

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

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

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

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 2023 (GS Paper I)