UPSC Prelims 2007 · General Studies

Question 7: History and Culture

How is Gabriel García well known?

aKnown for research in agriculture

bA renowned football coach

cA great writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature

dKnown for research in railway engineering

AnswerThe answer is (c).

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a Colombian novelist, author of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and 'Love in the Time of Cholera'. He is the leading figure of magical realism and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. The other options describe unrelated professions.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) He was not an agricultural researcher.
(b) He was not a football coach.
(c) Correct: a great writer and 1982 Nobel Prize winner in Literature.
(d) He was not a railway engineer.

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