Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | Jai Shankar Prasad | (I) | Untouchable |
| (B) | Khushwant Singh | (II) | Ajatshatru |
| (C) | Mulk Raj Anand | (III) | Train to Pakistan |
| (D) | Mark Tully | (IV) | The Heart of India |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
(A) Jai Shankar Prasad — this matches (II) Ajatshatru. Prasad, a leading Hindi poet of the Chhayavad school (best known for the epic poem Kamayani), also wrote historical plays, among them Ajatshatru, about the king of Magadha.
(B) Khushwant Singh — this matches (III) Train to Pakistan. His 1956 novel is set in a Punjab village on the new border during the Partition of 1947.
(C) Mulk Raj Anand — this matches (I) Untouchable. His first novel (1935) follows one day in the life of Bakha, a young sweeper, and the caste cruelty he faces.
(D) Mark Tully — this matches (IV) The Heart of India. Tully, for many years the BBC’s correspondent in India, wrote these stories of village life in Uttar Pradesh.