(A): The preservation of meat by salting and of fruits by adding sugar protects against bacterial action
(R): Due to osmosis a bacterium on salted meat (or) candid fruit loose water shrivels and dies

Options

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

Answer

A