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UPSC 2023: According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as evidence. How many of the above statements are correct?
(a)Only one
(b)Only two
(c)All three
(d)None [ P..0.
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Korkai (Pandya), Poompuhar/Kaveripattinam (Chola) and Muchiri/Muziris (Cheras) are repeatedly described in Sangam literature and Graeco-Roman accounts as thriving sea-ports handling overseas trade. They were not capital cities, iron-and-steel centres or Jain shrines, so option (b) ‘ports’ is correct. ([edukemy.com](https://edukemy.com/blog/upsc-prelims-2023-question-paper-with-answer-key-general-studies-paper-1/))
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