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:

A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

B) (A) is false, but (R) is true

C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (k) is the correct explanation of (A)

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

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 2024 (GS Paper I)