Question

Assertion (A): The membership of the UN Security Council was expanded from 11 to 15 in 1965.

Reason (R): Number of permanent members of the Security Council was changed.

Choose the correct option:

Options

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

• Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

• Assertion (A) is incorrect, but Reason (R) is correct.

• Assertion (A) is correct, but Reason (R) is incorrect.

Answer 1

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Explanation:

It is true that the UN Security Council's membership was increased from 11 to 15 in 1965 (Assertion A). However, there was no change in the number of permanent members (Reason R), which stayed at 5. The number of non-permanent members increased from six to ten. Therefore, Assertion (A) cannot be adequately explained by Reason (R).