Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion $A$ and other is labelled as Reason $R$.
Assertion $A$: Amniocentesis for sex determination is one of the strategies of Reproductive and Child Health Care Programme.
Reason $R$: Ban on amniocentesis checks increasing menace of female foeticide.
In the light of the above statements,choose the correct answer from the options given below.

  • A
    $A$ is false but $R$ is true.
  • B
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$.
  • C
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is $NOT$ the correct explanation of $A$.
  • D
    $A$ is true but $R$ is false.

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