Direction: In the questions given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct? Assertion (A) Human resource planning helps to forecast personnel requirement. Reason (R) Human resource planning is backward looking. Codes

• 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