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

Both are correct and the reason explains the assertion: a society gathers commonality through its language, customs, history and geography, and its unity through that commonality is facilitated by its communication system and culture.

The assertion in statement 1 lists the shared bonds, language, customs, history and geography, that give a society its common ground.

The reason in statement 2 shows how that shared ground becomes unity, namely by being carried and sustained through communication and culture.

Since communication and culture are the very means by which commonalities are transmitted and shared, statement 2 explains how the unity of statement 1 comes about.

The reason thus supplies the mechanism behind the assertion, a true explanatory link rather than a parallel remark.

Communication functions here as the transmission of the cultural heritage that binds a society across generations.