4571: With reference to the cultivation of Khalif crops in India in the last five years, consider the following statements:

1. Area under rice cultivation is the highest.
2. Area under the cultivation of jowar is more than that of oilseeds.
3. Area of cotton cultivation is more than that of sugarcane.
4. Area under sugarcane cultivation has steadily decreased.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2, 3 and 4 only

(c) 2 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
4572: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(a) Bakhti itihas : Badal Sarkar

(b) Sita Swayamvar : Vishnu Das Bhave

(c) Yayati : Girish Karnad

(d) Giddha : Jabbar Patel
4573: In the context of mitigating the impending global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide, which of the following can be the potential sites for carbon sequestration?

1. Abandoned and uneconomic coal seams
2. Depleted oil and gas reservoirs
3. Subterranean deep saline formations

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
4574: Who wrote Vande Mataram?

(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore

(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose

(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
4575: Among the following cities, which one is at the highest altitude above mean sea level?

(a) Bangalore
(b) Delhi
(c) Jodhpur
(d) Nagpur