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

Assertion (A): Red soil denotes the second largest soil group of India.
Reason (R) : Red soil surrounds the black soil in the south, east and north directions.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the

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

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)