Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Books)

List-II (Authors)

(A) The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

(I) Han Kang

(B) Man-eaters of Kumaon

(II) William Dalrymple

(C) Mother

(III) Maxim Gorky

(D) The Vegetarian

(IV) Jim Corbett

Options:

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

List-I (Books)

List-II (Authors)

(A) The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

(II) William Dalrymple

(B) Man-eaters of Kumaon

(IV) Jim Corbett

(C) Mother

(III) Maxim Gorky

(D) The Vegetarian

(I) Han Kang

(A) The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World — (II) William Dalrymple This is one of the more recent works (published in 2024) by the famous historian William Dalrymple, exploring India’s historical role as a global cultural and economic hub.

(B) Man-eaters of Kumaon — (IV) Jim Corbett This classic published in 1944 details the experiences of Jim Corbett in the Kumaon region of India, where he tracked and hunted man-eating tigers and leopards.

(C) Mother — (III) Maxim Gorky A world-renowned novel published in 1906, it tells the story of revolutionary factory workers and is considered a masterpiece of socialist realism.

(D) The Vegetarian — (I) Han Kang Written by South Korean author Han Kang, this novel won the International Booker Prize in 2016 and tells the story of a woman who decides to stop eating meat, leading to drastic consequences. (Note: Han Kang was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024).