UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies
Question 102: International Relations and Current Affairs
Match List I (Distinguished Ladies) with List II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List I (A) Jhumpa Lahiri (B) Sunita Narain (C) Naina Lal Kidwai (D) Ravina Raj Kohli List II 1. Science and environment 2. Novel-writing 3. Film industry 4. Banking 5. Television media Codes:
AnswerThe answer is (b).
Jhumpa Lahiri is a writer of fiction (the Pulitzer Prize-winning Interpreter of Maladies), Sunita Narain is an environmentalist who heads the Centre for Science and Environment, Naina Lal Kidwai is a banker, and Ravina Raj Kohli is a television media executive. So the matches are A-2, B-1, C-4, D-5.
- A. Jhumpa Lahiri - novel-writing.
- B. Sunita Narain - science and environment.
- C. Naina Lal Kidwai - banking.
- D. Ravina Raj Kohli - television media.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Gives Lahiri banking and Kidwai the film industry, which is wrong.
- (b) Correct: A-2, B-1, C-4, D-5.
- (c) Gives Lahiri banking, which is wrong.
- (d) Gives Narain television media and Kohli science, which is reversed.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2004, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.