Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:For many during the lockdown, newspapers and TV anchors were the go-to source for coronavirus-related updates. News consumption indeed rose at that time, even more so in India, a global survey has found. This, even though Indians expressed less trust in the media than in public officials during the lockdown months.

As many as 76% of respondents in India said they had watched or read more news of late than they did earlier, the survey by data research firm. YouGov found. This was the highest, followed by Japan, with 61%.

You Gov ran its Covid-19 Consumer Monitor in 26 countries during the peak pandemic months. Around 220,000 respondents were asked about their news habits in the two weeks prior to the survey. In India, 8,218 participants from 200 cities and towns were interviewed in May and June.

Crisis situations such as terrorist attacks or epidemics, in general, induce the public to watch more news, past research has shown. The uncertainty makes people anxious, and they turn to the news to get rid of negativity. The YouGov data also reveals that those who held a negative view of the coronavirus situation in India, as well as the world, were more likely to increase their news intake than those who believed the situation was getting better.

Even in aspects of personal life, those who were more worried about the future were more likely to increase their news consumption, the survey found. For instance, in India, 59% of the respondents said they were concerned about their personal health due to the pandemic, and 73% were worried about their friends and family. Among the set of people who were worried about sickness or death coming to themselves or their loved ones, four-fifths watched or read more news during the pandemic.

Among those who were not worried, this figure was 74%.

The pandemic brought economic woes along with a public health crisis. India recorded a historic contraction of 23.9% in its GDP in June ended quarter. This was bound to have an adverse impact on the economic outlook of people. Around 60% of respondents from India felt the Indian economy would still be in a depression or recession by mid-year 2021.

The bleaker outlook of the economy seems to be coming from personal experience and not just poor GDP numbers. Most Indian respondents said their household financial situation had worsened in the month prior to the day they were interviewed. Further, 82% were worried that going forward, their finances would be severely impacted, while 68% feared losing their job. Such people were more likely to have increased their news intake than those who were not worried about personal finances or job loss.

Consider the following statements about the survey:
1. conducted by YouGov
2. across 26 countries
3. 220,000 respondents
4. collected data on news habits in the four weeks before the survey

Which of the following options is CORRECT?
a. 1, 2, 3
b. only 4
c. 2, 3, 4
d. 1, 2, 4