Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R) Select the correct answer from the given below independent after World War II.
Assertion (A) Many Afro-Asian nations emerged independent after World War II.
Reason (R) Absence of economic development largely tended to make their independence more formal than substantive.

A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

C. A is true and R is false

D. A is false and R is true

Answer: Option A