Which of the following statements are correct about European Union?

(A) The end of the Second World War posed the 'Question of Europe'.
(B) The US extended financial help to revive Europe's economy under Atoms of Peace Proposal.
(C) The European Union has evolved over time from a political union to an increasingly economic one.
(D) The European Union is the world's second biggest economy with a GDP of more than $17 trillion in 2016.

Choose the correct answer from the following options given below:

(A) and (D) only

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (D) only

(A) The end of the Second World War posed the 'Question of Europe'. (Correct)
(B) The US extended financial help to revive Europe's economy under Atoms of Peace Proposal. (Incorrect). The US provided financial aid under the Marshall Plan, not the Atoms for Peace Proposal.
(C) The European Union has evolved over time from a political union to an increasingly economic one. (Incorrect). The evolution of the EU has been the opposite. It started primarily as an economic union (European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, then European Economic Community in 1957) and gradually expanded into a political union, with institutions like the European Parliament, a common foreign and security policy, and unified laws.
(D) The European Union is the world's second biggest economy with a GDP of more than $17 trillion in 2016. (Correct)- This fact is not mentioned in NCERT.