Consider the following Assertion and Reason:
Consider the following Assertion and Reason:
- ABoth Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
- BBoth Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
- CAssertion (A) is correct, but Reason (R) is incorrect.
- DAssertion (A) is incorrect, but Reason (R) is correct.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
India joined the WTO on 1 January 1995, the day it was launched, so it's a founding member. The WTO came into being on that same date by replacing GATT, and the 76 GATT members (India among them) became the founding members. India's founder status flows directly from the GATT-to-WTO transition, so the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.