Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Authors | ||
| (A) | Death of a City | (I) | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| (B) | Arthshastra | (II) | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| (C) | Unhappy India | (III) | Amrita Pritam |
| (D) | India Wins Freedom | (IV) | Kautilya |
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Death of a City — this matches (III) Amrita Pritam. It is the English translation of a novel by the Punjabi poet and novelist Amrita Pritam, author of Pinjar.
(B) Arthshastra — this matches (IV) Kautilya. The Arthashastra, a treatise on statecraft and economy, is credited to Kautilya (Chanakya), adviser to Chandragupta Maurya.
(C) Unhappy India — this matches (II) Lala Lajpat Rai. He wrote it in 1928 as a reply to Katherine Mayo’s Mother India.
(D) India Wins Freedom — this matches (I) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. It is his account of the freedom struggle and Partition, published in 1959; Azad was India’s first Education Minister.