4446: Stiglitz Commission established by the President of the United Nations General Assembly was in the international news. The commission was supposed to deal with

(A) Expansion of the United Nations Security Council in the present global scenario
(B) Global terrorism and prepare a global action plan for the mitigation of terrorism
(C) The challenges posed by the impending global climate change and prepare a road map
(D) The workings of the global financial systems and to explore ways and means to secure a more sustainable global order


4447: The emerging trading blocs in the world, such as NAFTA, ASEAN and the like, are expected to

(a) act as constrictions in free trade across the world

(b) promote free trade on the lines laid down by the WTO

(c) permit transfer of technology between member countries

(d) promote trade in agricultural commodities between countries of the North and South
4448: Assertion (A):

Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the Moderates role in the Indian freedom movement.

Reason (R):

The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from the Moderates.

(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
4449: Which number will continue the following series?

27, 25, 25, 22, 23, 19, 21, 16, 19,.......

(a) 16

(b) 13

(c) 10

(d) 11
4450: Consider the following statements:

1. The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light.

2. The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) Both 1 and 2

(c) 2 only

(d) 1 only