2006 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2006 · General Studies
Question 58: History and Culture
Who is Wole Soyinka ?
aA well-known economist
bA well-known football player
cA well-known industrialist owning steel plants in many parts of the world.
dA Nobel Prize winner for literature.
AnswerThe answer is (d).
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, the first African to do so. His best-known plays include Death and the King's Horseman and A Dance of the Forests. He is neither an economist, a footballer nor an industrialist.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) He is a writer, not an economist.
- (b) He is not a football player.
- (c) He is not an industrialist.
- (d) Correct: Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2006, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.