Which of these are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

1.The Hindi-Urdu controversy began in the North-Western Provinces and Awadh sometime in the 1860s

2.The movement acquired greater intensity in the 1890s with the foundation of the Nagari Pracharini Sabha in 1893

3.Hindi was written in the Devanagari script so it had a greater sprinkling of Sanskrit words

4.Urdu was written in the Persian script and thus had more Persian and Arabic words

5.In April 1900 a resolution of the Government of the North-Western Provinces and Awadh gave Nagari an equal official status with Sanskrit

A1 and 2 only

B1, 2 and 3 only

C1, 2, 3 and 4 only

D1, 3, 4 and 5 only

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