Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Security in the Contemporary World

Question:

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

Assertion: The Biological Weapons Convention took place in 1983.

Reason: The Biological Weapons Convention aimed at banning the use of biological weapons.

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:

The correct answer is Option 3 - The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct

Assertion: The Biological Weapons Convention took place in 1983. (INCORRECT)

Reason: The Biological Weapons Convention aimed at banning the use of biological weapons. (CORRECT)

CORRECTION in Assertion: The Biological Weapon Convention (BWC) did not take place in 1983. The Biological Weapon Convention took place in 1972.


The Reason is a correct statement about the purpose of the Biological Weapon Convention.

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) effectively prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of biological and toxin weapons. It was the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning an entire category of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).