Consider the following statements. Statement (A): Uttar Pradesh remained the most populous state (as per interim figures of Census 2011). Reason (R): Bihar, West Bengal and Maharashtra respectively follows in descending order.

• (a)(A) and (R) both are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
• (b)(A) and (R) both are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• (c)(A) is true, but (R) is false
• (d)(A) is false, but (R) is true UP UDA/LDA (M) G.S., 2010