Assertion (A): Britain granted independence to India in 1947.
Reason (R): Britain was weakened in the World War II.

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
Codes:

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.

B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation for A

C) A is true but R is false

D) Both A and R are false

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 2001 (GS Paper I)