UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies
Question 46: Economy and Social Development
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I (Distinguished Person) (A) B.V. Rao (B) C.K. Prahlad (C) John Kurien (D) Kiran Karnik List II (Area of Work) 1. Automobiles Manufacture 2. Fisheries Economy 3. Information Technology and Software 4. Poultry Farming 5. Management Science
AnswerThe answer is (d).
B.V. Rao is associated with poultry farming (Venky's), C.K. Prahalad was a management thinker, John Kurien works on the economics of fisheries in Kerala, and Kiran Karnik led NASSCOM, India's software industry body. That gives A-4, B-5, C-2, D-3. A quick route: Karnik with IT (D-3) and Kurien with fisheries (C-2) together leave only option (d).
- A. B.V. Rao - Poultry Farming (4).
- B. C.K. Prahalad - Management Science (5).
- C. John Kurien - Fisheries Economy (2).
- D. Kiran Karnik - Information Technology and Software (3).
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Puts Rao in fisheries and Kurien in automobiles; both wrong.
- (b) Puts Prahalad in IT and Karnik in management; both wrong.
- (c) Puts Rao in fisheries and Prahalad in IT; both wrong.
- (d) Correct: poultry, management, fisheries, IT and software.
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.