Assertion (A): Education is must for success. Reason(R): Education is key to success. Select the correct answer from the code given below

Both statements are acceptable here, and the reason supports the assertion. The assertion says education is a must for success; the reason says education is the key to success. A key is what opens the door, so the necessity in the assertion is the same idea the reason expresses. The reason explains the assertion, so option A is the right choice.

• Option B needs the reason to be true but not explain the assertion. Here the reason gives the logical basis for the assertion, so B does not fit.
• Option C says the reason is false. It is not; the claim that education is key to success is a fair and widely accepted proposition.
• Option D says both are false. Calling the assertion false would be wrong, since the necessity of education for success is broadly accepted.

Core concept: assertion-reason questions test whether the reason logically supports the assertion, not just whether each statement sounds true. Mains angle: education as a driver of social mobility and human development, useful in essays and in governance answers on education policy.

Trap: Aspirants notice the two statements are nearly identical and choose B, assuming a restatement cannot explain anything. Ask whether the reason supports the assertion. Here it does.