Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion (A): English today is not only the language we teach but also the subject that enables its learners to become subtle and tough minded readers.
Reason (R): Students are encouraged to think and analyse the historical and ontological status of the texts they read, and how best to read them.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
3
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
4
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct