The Madhya Pradesh Government has undertaken several initiatives to commemorate the 500th birth anniversary of Rani Durgavati. Which of the following is/are correct? 1. Rani Durgavati Anna Protsahan Y

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The Madhya Pradesh Government has undertaken several initiatives to commemorate the 500th birth anniversary of Rani Durgavati.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Rani Durgavati Anna Protsahan Yojana

2. Formation of Rani Durgavati Memorial and Garden in Jabalpur

3. Establishment of Madhya Pradesh Tribal Women Welfare Board

4. Declaration of a public holiday on Rani Durgavati's birth anniversary Codes:

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Correct — B, statements 1 and 2. Both are documented parts of the state's commemoration of Rani Durgavati's 500th birth anniversary (she was born on 5 October 1524). Statement 1 is the Rani Durgavati Shri Anna Protsahan Yojana, Madhya Pradesh's millet-promotion scheme for the period 2023-24 to 2025-26, which covers the whole state and pays an incentive straight into millet growers' accounts through DBT. Statement 2 is the 'Veerangana Rani Durgavati Smarak aur Udyan' at Madan Mahal hill in Jabalpur — a memorial-and-garden project of roughly ₹100 crore whose foundation stone was laid by the Prime Minister on 5 October 2023, and which is to carry a 52-foot bronze statue of the queen along with a museum on Gondwana history. Statements 3 and 4 do not belong to the announced package, so only option B fits.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Understates the package. The Jabalpur memorial and garden in statement 2 is at least as prominent a commemoration as the millet scheme — its bhoomi-poojan was performed on the anniversary date itself, 5 October.  (c) Fails on statement 3. The creation of a 'Madhya Pradesh Tribal Women Welfare Board' was not among the measures announced to mark the 500th birth anniversary — it is a plausible-sounding addition of the kind examiners insert to break a run of true statements.  (d) Fails on both 3 and 4. Neither a public holiday nor a Tribal Women Welfare Board was part of the announced commemoration package; the anniversary, 5 October 2024, was marked instead by a special state cabinet meeting held in her honour at Singrampur in Damoh district.

Concept: Rani Durgavati was a Chandel princess of Mahoba, born on 5 October 1524, who married Dalpat Shah of the Gond kingdom of Garha-Katanga in the Jabalpur region and, after his early death, ruled as regent for her young son Vir Narayan. She fought Akbar's general Asaf Khan in 1564 and, rather than be captured after being wounded, took her own life on 24 June 1564. She is Madhya Pradesh's foremost tribal-era heroine, and her quincentenary in 2024 was observed jointly by the state and the Centre.

State PCS 2025 Q83 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2025 Q83 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer