Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Understanding Partition

Question:

Who was the author of the book "The Other Side of Silence"?

Options:

Saadat Hasan Manto

Khushdeva Singh

Prakash Tandon

Urvashi Butalia

Correct Answer:

Urvashi Butalia

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - Urvashi Butalia

Urvashi Butalia was the author of the book "The Other Side of Silence".

Urvashi Butalia in her book, The Other Side of Silence, narrates one such gruesome incident in the village of Thoa Khalsa, Rawalpindi district. During Partition, in this Sikh village, ninety women are said to have “voluntarily” jumped into a well rather than fall into “enemy” hands.