Given below are two statements- one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):Assertion (A) : The nationalist historical writing saw the bipolarity of the spiritual content of Indian culture and the materialist basis of Western culture as an essential and inherent difference.Reason (R) : This was in part a reaction to the view that religion was such a central factor in the traditional society of India is obstracted progress.In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?

• A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
• B. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
• C. (A) is true but (R) is false
• D. (A) is false but (R) is true