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Consider the following statements about the soils of India:

1. High temperature during most of the year retards formation of humus.

2. Titanium in basalt impart black colour to the peripheral areas of the Indian plateau.

3. Soils which have humus require regular application of chemical fertilizers to remove nitrogen deficiency.

4.  Red soils are confined to the peripheral areas of the Indian plateau.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

A)   Only 1 and 2               

B)   Only 1, 2 and 4

C)   Only 2 and 4               

D)   Only 2 and 3

E)   None of these