2006 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2006 · General Studies

Question 108: Science and Technology

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

aSigmund Freud : Psychoanalysis
bAnna Freud : Child psychiatry
cMilton Friedman : Economic
dEric R. Kandel : Literature

AnswerThe answer is (d).

Eric R. Kandel is a neuroscientist who shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on memory storage in neurons; he is not a literature figure. Sigmund Freud founded psychoanalysis, his daughter Anna Freud worked on child psychoanalysis and psychology, and Milton Friedman was an economist.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Freud founded psychoanalysis; correct.
  • (b) Anna Freud worked on child psychoanalysis and development; accepted as correct.
  • (c) Milton Friedman was an economist; correct.
  • (d) Kandel won the Nobel for medicine, not literature; wrong pair.

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