Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Contemporary Centres of power

Question:

In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: BRICS was established in 1967 by five countries of this region — Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Reasoning: The objectives of ASEAN were primarily to accelerate economic growth and through that ‘social progress and cultural development’

Options:

Both the assertion and reason are correct and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

Both the assertion and 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

Correct Answer:

The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct

Explanation:

ASEAN was established in 1967 by five countries of this region — Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand — by signing the Bangkok Declaration. The objectives of ASEAN were primarily to accelerate economic growth and through that ‘social progress and cultural development’. A secondary objective was to promote regional peace and stability based on the rule of law and the principles of the United Nations Charter.