Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Modern Histoy

Question:

Match List-I with List-II

List-I Books

List-II Authors

(A) From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India

(I) Anita Inder Singh

(B) The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India

(II) Gyanendra Pandey

(C) The Partition of India

(III) Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

(D) Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India

(IV) Urvashi Butalia

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

List-I Books

List-II Authors

(A) From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India

(III) Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

(B) The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India

(IV) Urvashi Butalia

(C) The Partition of India

(I) Anita Inder Singh

(D) Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India

(II) Gyanendra Pandey

(A) From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India – (III) Sekhar Bandyopadhyay: This is one of the most widely used textbooks for modern Indian history, covering the period from the fall of the Mughal Empire to the independence and partition of India.

(B) The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India – (IV) Urvashi Butalia: This seminal work focuses on the oral histories of the Partition, highlighting the lived experiences of women, children, and Dalits.

(C) The Partition of India – (I) Anita Inder Singh: Anita Inder Singh is a well-known historian whose work specifically analyzes the political processes and the role of the British, the Congress, and the League in the Partition.

(D) Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India – (II) Gyanendra Pandey: Gyanendra Pandey, a founding member of the Subaltern Studies group, wrote this book to examine how the collective memory of violence shaped Indian and Pakistani nationalism.