2005 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies

Question 150: History and Culture

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Person — Award

  1. 1.Champa Devi Shukla — Goldman Environmental Prize
  2. 2.Dr. P. Sri Ramachandrudu — Vachaspati Puraskar
  3. 3.Ela Ramesh Bhatt — Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management
  4. 4.Upamanyu Chatterjee — Lalit Kala Ratna Award

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a1 and 2
b1, 2 and 3
c3 and 4
d1, 2, 3 and 4

AnswerThe answer is (b).

Champa Devi Shukla, a Bhopal gas disaster survivor and activist, shared the 2004 Goldman Environmental Prize with Rashida Bee. Dr P. Sri Ramachandrudu received the Vachaspati Puraskar, a Sanskrit honour. Ela Bhatt, founder of SEWA, is counted as winner of the Lal Bahadur Shastri award. Upamanyu Chatterjee is a novelist, not a Lalit Kala Ratna awardee, which is a fine-art honour. So pairs 1, 2 and 3 are right.

  • 1. Champa Devi Shukla won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2004.
  • 2. Dr P. Sri Ramachandrudu received the Vachaspati Puraskar.
  • 3. Ela Bhatt received the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award.
  • 4. Upamanyu Chatterjee is a novelist, not a Lalit Kala Ratna awardee.

How you could have got this

  1. If you were sure statement 3 is correct, (a) goes: it leaves 3 out.

    What you needed to know: Ela Bhatt received the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award.

  2. Then, if you were sure statement 4 is not correct, (c) and (d) go: each of them includes 4.

    What you needed to know: Upamanyu Chatterjee is a novelist, not a Lalit Kala Ratna awardee.

Only (b) is left. You didn’t need statements 1 or 2.

This follows an unofficial answer: UPSC has not published its key for this year, and if that answer is wrong, so is this path.

Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Drops pair 3, which the key accepts.
  • (b) Correct: pairs 1, 2 and 3.
  • (c) Includes pair 4, which is wrong, and drops pairs 1 and 2.
  • (d) Includes pair 4, which is wrong.

Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2005, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.