Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Reason (R): Democracy is the best check against the misuse of power as the power is distributed among various groups.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

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

B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)

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

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

Answer: Option A