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1. Pratapgad Fort - Maharashtra: This is correct. Pratapgad is a mountain fort located in the Satara district of Maharashtra.
4. Gingee Fort - Tamil Nadu: This is correct. Gingee Fort is located in the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.

QUESTION

With reference to the Maratha Forts, consider the following pairs:

1. Pratapgad Fort - Maharashtra

2. Panhala Fort-Karnataka

3. Salher Fort-Gujarat

4. Gingee Fort-Tamil Nadu

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Which of the following Acts passed by the British Government granted local authorities in India the power to impose taxes on individuals?

a) Regulating Act, 1773
b) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
c) Charter Act, 1813
d) Charter Act, 1833

Consider the following statements regarding Tiruppur Kumaran:
1. He founded the Desa Bandhu Youth Association.
2. He was inspired by the revolutionary ideas of Subhas Chandra Bose.

Consider the following statements:
1. Vande Mataram was composed in Sanskrit by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and first published in Anandamath.
2. On 24th January 1950, Vande Mataram was declared to have equal status with the National Anthem (Jana Gana Mana).
3. Jana Gana Mana, originally composed in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949.

Q.19 explanation -A .Divyavadan (Divyāvadāna): This is a collection of Buddhist legends and is primarily written in Sanskrit.
B. Deepvansha (Dīpavaṃsa): This is an ancient historical chronicle of Sri Lanka, written in the Pali language.
C. Mahavansha (Mahāvaṃsa): This is the "Great Chronicle" of Sri Lanka, written in the style of an epic poem in the Pali language.
D. Aryamanjushree Moolkalp (Āryamañjuśrīmūlakalpa): This is a Mahāyāna sūtra and ritual manual, and the extant version is in Sanskrit (sometimes described as mixed Sanskrit).