Question

Assertion [A]: The Cuban Missile Crisis occured in October 1962.

Reason [R]: Cuba was about to launch missiles on the USA.

Read the above given statements carefully and select the option that is true.

• A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
• B. Both A and R are true and R is the incorrect explanation of A.
• C. A is true but R is false.
• D. Both A and R are false.

Answer 1

The correct option is C A is true but R is false.

The Cuban Missile Crisis is also known as the October Crisis of 1962. It occurred during the cold war between the USA and the Soviet Union when the USA was informed about a nuclear missile base being set in Cuba, very close to the US territory. This was the first time during the cold war when these two superpowers were vesy close to a nuclear dispute.