Political Science · India's Foreign Policy
UGC NET Jan 2026 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): The Cold War started after the end of the Second World War.
Reason (R): The entire world was largely divided into two blocs, one Capitalist led by the USA and the other Communist led by the USSR during the Cold War era.
ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
CA is correct but R is not correct
DA is not correct but R is correct
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A — Both A and R are correct and R correctly explains A.
Explanation
★Both A and R are correct and R correctly explains A.
★The Cold War began soon after the Second World War ended in 1945.
★It was an ideological and strategic rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
★The world split largely into a US-led capitalist bloc and a USSR-led communist bloc.
★This bipolar division was the defining structure of the Cold War era.
★The two superpowers competed through proxy wars, alliances and arms races.
★Because that very bloc division is what constituted the Cold War, R explains A.
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