Directions : The following five (05) items consist of two statements, statement I and statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below : Code : (a) Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I (c) Statement I is true but statement II is false (d) Statement I is false but statement II is true 1. Statement I : The US Army built the historic Stilwell Road in 1943 running from Ledo in Assam to the China- Burma Road. Statement II : The objective was to form a link with the Bengal-Assam Railway and carry support for the US and the UK warfare against Japan.

Asked in UPSC CAPF 2011 · Topic: World Wars (Major Theatres and Key Campaigns of World War II: Blitzkrieg, Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Pearl Harbor, D-Day)

1. Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I
2. Both the statements are individually true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I
3. Statement I is true but statement II is false
4. Statement I is false but statement II is true

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