Given below are two statements: Assertion (A): BeCl2 and MgCl2 produce a characteristic colour in the flame test. Reason (R): The excitation energy required for electrons in beryllium and magnesium is very high due to their small atomic size. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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(A) is false but (R) is true

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