Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: End of Bi-Polarity

Question:

Assertion: Russia had benefitted from its relationship with India.

Reason: India is the second largest arms market for Russia besides being an oil importer country.

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 correct but the Reason is incorrect.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

Russia stands to benefit from this relationship because India is the second-largest arms market for Russia. The Indian military gets most of its hardware from Russia. Since India is an oil-importing nation, Russia is important to India and has repeatedly come to its assistance of India during its oil crises.