Which among the following statements about Nirupam Sen is/are correct? 1. In the year 2009 he was appointed as Special Senior Adviser to the, President of the UN General Assembly on the world financial and economic crisis 2. He was formerly the Indian Ambassador to the UK Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• Correct answer
  A

  1 only
• B

  2 only
• C

  Both 1 and 2
• D

  Neither 1 nor 2

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'A'.