UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies
Question 44: International Relations and Current Affairs
Match List-I (Distinguished Person) with List-II (Achievement/Known as) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I (A) Guenter Grass (B) Trevor Huddleston (C) Dicky Dolma (D) Kim Campbell List II 1. First woman Prime Minister of Canada 2. Nobel Prize winner for literature 3. Leading campaigner against apartheid in South Africa 4. Youngest woman to climb the Mt. Everest 5. American violinist
AnswerThe answer is (b).
Günter Grass won the Nobel Prize for Literature (1999); Trevor Huddleston, an English priest, was a leading campaigner against apartheid; Dicky Dolma climbed Everest in 1993 at the age of 19, then the youngest woman to do so; Kim Campbell became Canada's first woman Prime Minister in 1993. That gives A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1.
- A. Guenter Grass - Nobel Prize winner for literature (2).
- B. Trevor Huddleston - leading campaigner against apartheid (3).
- C. Dicky Dolma - youngest woman to climb Mount Everest then (4).
- D. Kim Campbell - first woman Prime Minister of Canada (1).
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Calls Grass an American violinist; he was a German Nobel writer.
- (b) Correct: Nobel writer, anti-apartheid priest, Everest climber, first woman Prime Minister of Canada.
- (c) Calls Grass a violinist and Campbell a Nobel winner; both wrong.
- (d) Makes Huddleston Canada's first woman Prime Minister; wrong.
Worth knowing: Dicky Dolma's record as youngest woman on Everest has since been broken, so that clue is dated.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
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.