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

Assertion: The United Nations was formed in the year 1945.

Reason: It was founded with the hope that it would act to stop the conflicts between states from escalating into war and, if war broke out, to limit the extent of hostilities.

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

The organisation was set up through the signing of the United Nations Charter by 51 states. It tried to achieve what the League could not between the two world wars. The UN’s objective is to prevent international conflict and to facilitate cooperation among states. It was founded with the hope that it would act to stop the conflicts between states from escalating into war and, if war broke out, to limit the extent of hostilities. Furthermore, since conflicts often arose from the lack of social and economic development, the UN was intended to bring countries together to improve the prospects of social and economic development all over the world.