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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): In April 2024, India delivered the BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile to Philippines.
Reason (R): The Missile has a range of 490 kilometres.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  2. (A) is false, but (R) is true
  3. Both (A) and (R) are true and (k) is the correct explanation of (A)
  4. (A) is true, but (R) is false

Answer:

Option D: (A) is true, but (R) is false

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “(A) is true, but (R) is false”.

India delivered BrahMos missiles to the Philippines as part of a defense agreement signed earlier.

The specific variant exported to the Philippines had the standard range of 290 kilometers, adhering to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) guidelines.