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

Assertion: After the evolution of NAM, NAM was easier to define in terms of what it was not. It was not about being a member of an alliance.

Reason: As non-alignment grew into a popular international movement, countries of various different political systems and interests joined it. This made the movement less homogeneous and also made it more difficult to define in very neat and precise terms.

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

As non-alignment grew into a popular international movement, countries of various different political systems and interests joined it. This made the movement less homogeneous and also made it more difficult to define in very neat and precise terms: what did it really stand for? Increasingly, NAM was easier to define in terms of what it was not. It was not about being a member of an alliance.