The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
In vacuum tubes, hot cathode or thermionic cathode is used. It is a cathode electrode that is heated to make it emit electrons due to thermionic emission. Hot cathodes are used as the source of electrons in equipments such as electron microscope. So, Assertion is correct and so is Reason with Reason being the explanation of Assertion.