1996 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 1996 · General Studies

Question 9: History and Culture

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List I I. Surendranath Bannerjee II. M. K. Gandhi III. Subhash Chandra Bose IV. Lajpat Rai List II A) Hind Swaraj B) The Indian Struggle C) Autobiographical Writings D) A Nation in Making Codes:

aI – D, II – A, III – C, IV – B
bI – A, II – D, III – C, IV – B
cI – A, II – D, III – B, IV – C
dI – D, II – A, III – B, IV – C

AnswerThe answer is (d).

Surendranath Banerjee wrote his memoir A Nation in Making; Gandhi's Hind Swaraj (1909) set out his critique of modern civilisation and his idea of self-rule; Subhash Chandra Bose wrote The Indian Struggle, on the freedom movement in 1920-34; and Lajpat Rai's Autobiographical Writings record his life and views. So I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C.

  • I. Surendranath Banerjee - A Nation in Making (D).
  • II. M. K. Gandhi - Hind Swaraj (A).
  • III. Subhash Chandra Bose - The Indian Struggle (B).
  • IV. Lajpat Rai - Autobiographical Writings (C).
Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Gives The Indian Struggle to Lajpat Rai and Autobiographical Writings to Bose; both are swapped.
  • (b) Gives Hind Swaraj to Banerjee, but Gandhi wrote it.
  • (c) Gives Hind Swaraj to Banerjee and A Nation in Making to Gandhi; both are wrong.
  • (d) Right: Banerjee - A Nation in Making, Gandhi - Hind Swaraj, Bose - The Indian Struggle, Lajpat Rai - Autobiographical Writings.

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