Assertion: Thick cuticle is mostly present in disease resistant plants.

Reason: Disease-causing agents cannot grow on cuticle and cannot invade the cuticle.

(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.

(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.

(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

(e) If the Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.