Placing the earliest first, arrange the following international events in the chronological order : 1. Introduction of www (World Wide Web) 2. Advent of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles 3. Launch of first communication satellite Select the answer using the code given below:
- A.2 - 1 - 3
- B.1 - 2 - 3
- C.3 - 2 - 1
- D.2 - 3 - 1
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, 2 - 3 - 1. Intercontinental ballistic missiles came first in 1957, communication satellites followed from 1958 onwards, and the World Wide Web arrived only around 1989 to 1991. The Soviet Union successfully tested the R-7, the first ICBM, in August 1957, and the same rocket family launched Sputnik that October. The first communication satellite, the American SCORE, went up in December 1958 and broadcast a recorded Christmas message; Telstar in 1962 then carried the first live transatlantic television. The World Wide Web was proposed by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989 and opened to the public in 1991. Option A is wrong because it places the Web, the latest event, before satellites. Option B is wrong because it starts with the Web, which came more than thirty years after the other two. Option C is wrong because communication satellites came after ICBMs, not before. Exam tip: ICBM R-7 (1957) → SCORE satellite (1958) → Telstar (1962) → World Wide Web (1989–91).
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- A.Colonel Colin Mackenzie
- B.James Prinsep
- C.William Jones
- D.James Rennell
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2. The inscription records the restoration of a reservoir called Sudarshana Lake.
3. It is an undated inscription.
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- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.1 and 2 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
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- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
- D.Neither 1 nor 2
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