Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R), Assertion (A): When a fire cracker (rocket) explodes in mid air, its fragments fly in such a way that they continue moving in the same path, which the fire cracker would have followed, had it not exploded Reason (R): Explosion of cracker (rocket) occurs due to internal forces only and no external force acts for this explosion. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

• A

  Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of $(A)$
• B

  Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of $(\mathrm{A})$
• C

  (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
• Correct answer
  D

  (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'D'.