The correct answer is: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A) is true because Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited are two corporate bodies of erstwhile Haryana State Electricity Board.
Reason (R) is also true because Haryana State Electricity Board was split into two separate bodies in 1998.
R is the correct explanation of A because the two corporate bodies were created as a result of the split of the Haryana State Electricity Board.
Here is a brief explanation of each option:
- Option A: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. This is the correct answer because both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Option B: Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. This is not the correct answer because R is the correct explanation of A.
- Option C: A is true but R is false. This is not the correct answer because R is true.
- Option D: Both A and R are not true. This is not the correct answer because both A and R are true.