Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R:Assertion A: Equalitarian religious reformers such as Ramanand, Basava and Kabir tried to abolish caste among their followers.Reason R: Their sects soon took on the characteristics of new castes.In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?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.