Which of the following books are written by Maruti Chitampalli ?
A. Ratva
B. Pakhar Maya
C. Chakwa Chandan
D. Phulvanti
E. Janglacha Paus

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Correct — option (1), 'Only A, B, C'. Maruti Chitampalli (1932–2021) was a Maharashtra forest officer turned naturalist and writer whose body of work, spanning wildlife, ornithology and forest life, made him one of Marathi nature writing's most distinctive voices. Ratva (statement A), Pakhar Maya (statement B, 'Pakharmaya') and Chakwa Chandan (statement C, 'Chakwa Chandanam', his autobiographical work) are all genuine titles from his published output, alongside other well-known works such as Ranvata, Jaganatil Deva and Pakshi Jaay Digantara. Statement D, Phulvanti, is not one of his books — it is a work by the historian and writer Babasaheb Purandare, a period tale set in the Peshwa era, entirely unconnected to Chitampalli's nature writing. Statement E, Janglacha Paus, does not appear among Chitampalli's documented bibliography either. Because only A, B and C are genuinely his, the correct selection is 'Only A, B, C'.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Correctly includes Pakhar Maya but wrongly credits Chitampalli with Phulvanti, which is Babasaheb Purandare's period tale of the Peshwa era, and with Janglacha Paus, which does not appear in Chitampalli's documented bibliography — while wrongly dropping Ratva and Chakwa Chandan, both genuinely his.  (c) Correctly includes Ratva and Pakhar Maya but wrongly adds Phulvanti, which belongs to Babasaheb Purandare rather than to Chitampalli, and wrongly drops Chakwa Chandan, his own autobiographical work.  (d) Credits all five titles to Chitampalli, including Phulvanti, which is a documented work of Babasaheb Purandare, and Janglacha Paus, which does not appear among Chitampalli's known published titles — both false additions to an otherwise correct set of three.

Concept: Maruti Chitampalli (1932–2021) served in the Maharashtra Forest Department and, after retirement, became one of Marathi literature's leading nature writers, drawing on decades spent among the state's forests to write about birds, animals and forest life with an intimacy few writers in any Indian language have matched. His published works include Ratva, Pakharmaya, Chakwa Chandanam (his autobiography), Ranvata, Jaganatil Deva, Pakshi Jaay Digantara and several others across essays, memoir and reference writing, including a Marathi glossary of terms used by forest-dwelling communities.

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