Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Book)

List-II (Author)

(A) My Country, My Life

(I) Anita Desai

(B) Diamond Dust

(II) V. S. Naipaul

(C) Unhappy India

(III) L. K. Advani

(D) Half a Life

(IV) Lala Lajpat Rai

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

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

List-I (Book)

List-II (Author)

(A) My Country, My Life

(III) L. K. Advani

(B) Diamond Dust

(I) Anita Desai 

(C) Unhappy India

(IV) Lala Lajpat Rai

(D) Half a Life

(II) V. S. Naipaul

(A) My Country, My Life – (III) L. K. Advani: This is an autobiographical book by Lal Krishna Advani, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

(B) Diamond Dust –  (I) Anita Desai: This is a collection of short stories by the renowned Indian novelist Anita Desai, published in 2000.

(C) Unhappy India –(IV) Lala Lajpat Rai: Written in 1928, this book was a response to Katherine Mayo’s "Mother India." Lajpat Rai used it to highlight the plight of India under British rule. 

(D) Half a Life – (II) V. S. Naipaul: This is a novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul, published in 2001.