Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): Assertion (A): Societies having particularism and ascription as basic features are traditional societies. Reason (R): Talcott Parsons' scheme of pattern variables cannot be applied to appraise modern-tradition polarity. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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(A) is true, but (R) is false

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