1291: With reference to Indian agriculture, which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) About 90 per cent of the area under pulses in India is rainfed.
(b) The share of pulses in the gross cropped area at the national level has double in the last two decades
(c) India accounts for about 15 per cent of the total area under rice in the world
(d) Rice occupies about 34 per cent of the gross cropped area of India
1292: Consider the following statements:

1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years.
2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1293: In a family there are husband wife, two sons and two daughters. All the ladies were invited to a dinner. Both sons went out to play. Husband did not return from office. Who was at home ?

(a) Only wife was at home

(b) All ladies were at home

(c) Only sons were at home

(d) No body was at home
1294: Rigveda, the oldest of the Vedas, chiefly contains:

(a) Collection of hymns to gods

(b) Methods of Vedic yagnas

(c) Early Aryan culture

(d) Origin and works of Hindu gods
1295: In a given year in India, official poverty lines are higher in some States than in others because

(a) poverty rates vary from State to State

(b) price levels vary from State to State

(c) Gross State Product varies from State to State

(d) quality of public distribution varies from State to State