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Current Affairs UPPSC 2024 GS-I
Question

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:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

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.

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