Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Names of Books — Authors
- (a)The Burning Forest — Nandini Sundar
- (b)One Indian Girl — Chetan Bhagat
- (c)Jinnah Often Came to Our House — Kiran Doshi
- (d)Island of Lost Girls — Kunal Basu
Correct — D is the pair that is NOT correctly matched. 'Island of Lost Girls' was not written by Kunal Basu; it is a 2008 psychological thriller by the American author Jennifer McMahon. Kunal Basu's own novels include The Opium Clerk, The Miniaturist, Racists, The Yellow Emperor's Cure and Kalkatta. Because the book is wrongly attributed to him, pair (D) is the mismatch the question asks for.
- (a)The Burning Forest — Nandini Sundar — This pair IS correctly matched — sociologist Nandini Sundar wrote 'The Burning Forest: India's War in Bastar' (2016) — so it is not the answer.
- (b)One Indian Girl — Chetan Bhagat — Correctly matched — Chetan Bhagat wrote the 2016 novel 'One Indian Girl' — so it is not the mismatched pair.
- (c)Jinnah Often Came to Our House — Kiran Doshi — Correctly matched — former diplomat Kiran Doshi wrote this novel, which won The Hindu Prize (2016) — so it is not the answer.
'Books and authors' matching is a recurring general-awareness test. Here three pairs are genuine and one is a plant. The reliable pairs: The Burning Forest = Nandini Sundar; One Indian Girl = Chetan Bhagat; Jinnah Often Came to Our House = Kiran Doshi. The false pair credits 'Island of Lost Girls' (actually by Jennifer McMahon) to Kunal Basu.
In 'which pair is NOT correctly matched' questions, you must spot the single wrong link, not the right ones. Verify each author independently; the wrong pair is often a well-known author tagged to a book someone else wrote.
- The Burning Forest: India's War in Bastar (2016) — Nandini Sundar.
- One Indian Girl (2016) — Chetan Bhagat.
- Jinnah Often Came to Our House — Kiran Doshi (won The Hindu Prize 2016).
- Kunal Basu's novels include Kalkatta and The Miniaturist — not 'Island of Lost Girls' (that is by Jennifer McMahon).
Only the highlighted pair is wrongly matched — the answer.
- In a 'not correctly matched' question, marking a correct pair instead of the wrong one
- Assuming a famous author wrote a book actually written by someone else
MPPSC and UPSC ask book-author links either as 'which pair is NOT correctly matched' or as a full match-the-list. Verify each pair separately.
Who of the following is the author of the books 'The India Way' and 'Why Bharat Matters'?
- (a) Bhupender Yadav
- (b) Nalin Mehta
- (c) Shashi Tharoor
- (d) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Answer(d) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Same concept — linking a book to its correct author, the staple books-and-authors test.
Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors): A. My Presidential Years, B. The Hindu View of Life, C. Voice of Conscience, D. Without Fear or Favour; 1. S. Radhakrishnan, 2. V. V. Giri, 3. N. Sanjiva Reddy, 4. R. Venkataraman.
- (a) A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
- (b) A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
- (c) A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
- (d) A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
Answer(d) A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
Same concept — a books-and-authors matching question requiring each pair to be verified.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World' was written by:
- (a)Shashi Tharoor
- (b)S. Jaishankar
- (c)Chetan Bhagat
- (d)Nandini Sundar
Answer(b) S. Jaishankar — India's External Affairs Minister.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The novel 'One Indian Girl' was written by:
- (a)Amish Tripathi
- (b)Chetan Bhagat
- (c)Arundhati Roy
- (d)Kiran Doshi
Answer(b) Chetan Bhagat.