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Direction: In each of the given questions an inference is given in bold which is then followed by three statements. You have to find the statement(s) from where it is inferred. Choose the option with the best possible outcome as your choice.

The offensive ambitions of North Korea's nuclear Programme.

(I) In their joint declaration issued on September 14, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi condemned North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programmes, noting that they posed a "real threat to international peace and security". It included pointed references to North Korea's "uranium enrichment facilities" and "importance of holding accountable all parties that have supported North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes".

(II) The very next day, North Korea launched a ballistic missile with an estimated range of 3700 km which flew over Japanese territory, much like the missile Pyongyang had tested two weeks earlier. Just a few days before this, North Korea surprised and shocked the world by testing a thermonuclear/boosted fission weapon with a massive capacity of 200 kilotons.

(III) The call for "accountability" of the powers that played a role in North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes is important. Over the past three decades, the world has seen the emergence of an "axis of nuclear and missile proliferation" comprising China, North Korea and Pakistan.

A)  Only (I)              

B)  Only (II)

C)  Only (III)            

D)  Both (I) and (II)

E)  All (I), (II) and (III)