Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). **Assertion (A):** Land reforms in Bihar, particularly the abolition of the Zamindari system, did not fully succeed in ensuring equitable land redistribution to the actual tillers. **Reason (R):** The Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 faced severe litigation, and loopholes in ceiling laws allowed big landlords to retain large holdings through benami transactions. In the context of the above statements, which of the following is correct?

Options:

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

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