4451: Painted greyware is attributed to
(a) Vedic period
(b) Guptas
(c) Mauryas
(d) Indus valley civilisation
4452: Which one of the following statements regarding the election of the President of India is correct?
(a) A candidate securing the majority of votes is not automatically elected.
(b) The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction in any doubt or dispute arising in connection with the election of the President.
(c) The Presidential election cannot take place when one or more State Assemblies stand dissolved because all the State Assemblies form part of the electoral college.
(d) The total value of the votes allotted to both Houses of Parliament is much more than the total value of the votes of all the States taken together.
4453: The continental shelf surrounding the Indian Coast is widest off the
(a) Hooghly Coast
(b) Coromandel Coast
(c) Konkan Coast
(d) South Gujarat Coast
4454: Biodiversity forms the basis for human existence in the following ways:
1. Soil formation
2. Prevention of soil erosion
3. Recycling of waste
4. Pollination of crops
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) 1 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
4455: The increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the air is slowly raising the temperature of the atmosphere, because it absorbs
(a) the water vapour of the air and retains its heat
(b) the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation
(c) all the solar radiations
(d) the infrared part of the solar radiation