Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Author Name) | (Book Name) | ||
| (A) | Amrita Pritam | (I) | Development as Freedom |
| (B) | Amartya Sen | (II) | We Are Displaced |
| (C) | Amitav Ghosh | (III) | Death of a City |
| (D) | Malala Yousafzai | (IV) | River of Smoke |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
Each author is matched with the book written by him or her.
(A) Amrita Pritam — this matches (III) Death of a City. The Punjabi poet and novelist, best known for Pinjar, also wrote the novel published in English as Death of a City.
(B) Amartya Sen — this matches (I) Development as Freedom. In this 1999 book the Nobel-winning economist argues that development means widening people’s freedoms, not only raising incomes.
(C) Amitav Ghosh — this matches (IV) River of Smoke. It is the second novel of his Ibis trilogy, set in the opium trade of the 1830s.
(D) Malala Yousafzai — this matches (II) We Are Displaced. Her 2019 book tells her own story and those of refugee girls she met around the world.