Question

Assertion: In April 1949, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was an association of 12 states which declared that an armed attack on any one of them in Europe or North America would be regarded as an attack on all of them.

Reason: Each state would be obliged to help the other.

Options

• Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

• Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

• The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

• The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Answer 1

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.