Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The Supreme Council of the Governor-General in Calcutta gave extraordinary powers to Special Commissions to capture and punish rebels of the 1857 Revolt, in its Act XIV of June 1857. Reason (R): The primary aim of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's 'Causes of the Indian Revolt' (1858), written when he was a government sub-judge, was to show the loyalty of Muslims, who in the years following the rebellion were viewed with suspicion and disfavour. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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