2016 GS Paper I, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2016 · GS Paper I
Question 99: International Relations and Current Affairs
A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of
aS. Ramanujan
bS. Chandrasekhar
cS. N. Bose
dC. V. Raman
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (a).
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) is a film based on Robert Kanigel's biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the self-taught Indian mathematician who worked with G. H. Hardy at Cambridge. Chandrasekhar, S. N. Bose and C. V. Raman were physicists and astrophysicists, not the subject of this film.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Right: the film is based on Ramanujan's biography.
- (b) Chandrasekhar was an astrophysicist, not the film's subject.
- (c) S. N. Bose was a physicist, not the film's subject.
- (d) C. V. Raman was a physicist, not the film's subject.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2016, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.