Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). **Assertion (A):** Jayaprakash Narayan organized the underground 'Azad Dasta' in the Terai forests of Nepal during the Quit India Movement. **Reason (R):** The primary objective of the Azad Dasta was to carry out targeted assassinations of high-ranking British officials to terrorize the colonial administration.

Options:

  • 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.

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