Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R :
Assertion A : In ethylene glycol, skew conformation is more stable than staggered conformation.
Reason R : Staggered conformation is unstable due to steric hindrance.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct 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 but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
3
A is true but R is false
4
A is false but R is true