Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): India is pursuing a positive asymmetry in South Asia.
Reason (R): India is strategically contained by China-Pakistan partnership.

A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the right explanation of (A)

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the right explanation of (A)

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer: Option B