Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Nickname) | (Eminent person) | ||
| (A) | Deenbandhu | (I) | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| (B) | Andhra Kesari | (II) | C.R. Das |
| (C) | Deshbandhu | (III) | T. Prakasam |
| (D) | Frontier Gandhi | (IV) | C.F. Andrews |
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
Each title was given to a leader by the people for the work he was known for.
(A) Deenbandhu — this matches (IV) C.F. Andrews. Charles Freer Andrews, an English priest and close friend of Gandhi, was called “friend of the poor” for his work for Indian labourers and the poor.
(B) Andhra Kesari — this matches (III) T. Prakasam. Tanguturi Prakasam, the “Lion of Andhra”, bared his chest to police guns during the protest against the Simon Commission in Madras (1928); he became the first Chief Minister of Andhra State in 1953.
(C) Deshbandhu — this matches (II) C.R. Das. Chittaranjan Das, “friend of the country”, was a Bengal leader who founded the Swaraj Party with Motilal Nehru in 1923.
(D) Frontier Gandhi — this matches (I) Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan led the non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier Province; he received the Bharat Ratna in 1987.