Assertion : The uptake of DNA during transformation is an active, energy requiring process. Reason : Transformation occurs in only those bacteria, which possess the enzymatic machinery involved in the active uptake and recombination.

• A. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
• B. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 
• C. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
• D. If both the assertion and reason are false
• E. If the assertion is false but reason is true