Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: A solution of the product obtained by heating a mole of glycine with a mole of chlorine in presence of red phosphorous generates chiral carbon atom.
Reason R: A molecule with 2 chiral carbons is always optically active.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: [2023]
(2)

Optical activity does not depend on chiral carbon. Meso compounds are optically inactive.