UPSC Prelims 2001 · General Studies
Question 57: History and Culture
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I (Books) I. The Struggle in My Life II. The Struggle and the Triumph III. Friends and Foes IV. Rebirth List II (Author) A) Lech Walesa B) Nelson Mandela C) Leonid Brezhnev D) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto E) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
AnswerThe answer is (b).
Nelson Mandela wrote The Struggle Is My Life (the book in the question), Lech Walesa wrote The Struggle and the Triumph, Rebirth is by Leonid Brezhnev, and Friends and Foes goes with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by elimination. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is the name left over. Remember Walesa as the Solidarity leader of Poland and Brezhnev as the Soviet leader.
- I. The Struggle in My Life is Mandela's.
- II. The Struggle and the Triumph is Walesa's.
- III. Friends and Foes is matched with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
- IV. Rebirth is Brezhnev's.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Mandela and Walesa are swapped; the others are right.
- (b) Right: Mandela, Walesa, Mujibur Rahman, Brezhnev.
- (c) Mandela and Walesa are swapped and the last two are wrong.
- (d) The first two are right, but Friends and Foes and Rebirth are mismatched.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2001, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.