Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Assertion (A):Sound is non-eternal, because it is caused.

Reason (R):The middle term does not prove the eternality of sound but its non-eternality.

ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct

BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A

CA is correct but R is not correct

DA is not correct but R is correct

Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

Explanation

The Assertion holds: sound is non-eternal because it is caused is a valid inference.

Whatever is produced or caused is invariably non-eternal, the governing concomitance here.

The middle term being caused is present wherever non-eternality holds.

The Reason holds too: that same middle proves non-eternality and never eternality.

The Reason thus explains why the caused character delivers the Assertion's conclusion.

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