Assertion:. Growth is quantitative and value neutral. Reasoning: Growth may have a positive or a negative sign. This means that the change may be either positive (showing an increase) or negative (indicating a decrease).

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A. Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct. Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

The growth is quantitative and value neutral. It may have a positive or a negative sign. This means that the change may be either positive (showing an increase) or negative (indicating a decrease).