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: America's Marshall Plan involved financial and military help for reviving  Europe’s economy.
Reason: European integration after 1945 was aided by the Cold War.

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.

Correct Answer:

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

Explanation:

European integration after 1945 was aided by the Cold War. America extended massive financial help (not military help) for reviving  Europe’s economy under what was called the ‘Marshall Plan’. The US also created a new collective security structure under NATO.