1146: Consider the following landmarks in Indian education :

(i) Hindu College, Calcutta

(ii) University of Calcutta

(iii) Adam's Report

(iv) Wood's Despatch

The correct chronological order of these landmarks is

(a) I, III, IV, II
(b) I, IV, III, II
(c) III, I, IV, II
(d) III, II, IV, I
1147: The Global Competitiveness Report is published by the

(a) International Monetary Fund

(b) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

(c) World Economic Forum

(d) World Bank
1148: Consider the following international languages :

1. Arabic
2. French
3. Spanish

The correct sequence of the languages given above in the decreasing order of the number of their speakers is :

(a) 3-1-2
(b) 1-3-2
(c) 3-2-1
(d) 1-2-3
1149: "Black holes" refers to

(a) Holes occurring in heavenly bodies

(b) Bright spots on the sun

(c) Collapsing object of high density

(d) Collapsing object of low density
1150: Which of the following were the aims behind the setting up of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ?

I. Promotion of free trade and resource flows across countries.
II. Protection of intellectual property rights.
III. Managing balanced trade between different countries.
IV. Promotion of trade between the former East Block countries and the western world.

Select the correct answer by using the codes given below :

Codes :

(a) I, II, III and IV

(b) I and II

(c) II and III

(d) I and IV