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DIRECTIONS: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as "Assertion A" and the other labelled as ?Reason R". You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below. Assertion (A): The uppermost layer is the topsoil which is exposed to air and it bears plants on it. Reason (R): Topsoil contains a lot of humus. Humus makes the soil fertile.

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 but R is false.

D) A is false but R is true.