Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): India chose Non-alignment as a foreign policy choice in the post independence period.
Reason (R): NAM was an assertion of independence, equality and sovereignty.

A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is 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. (R) is true, but (A) is false

Answer: Option A