Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Book): A. The Story of My Deportation, B. Gita Rahasya, C. A Nation in Making, D. India Wi

Question

Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Book): A. The Story of My Deportation, B. Gita Rahasya, C. A Nation in Making, D. India Wins Freedom
List – II (Writer): 1. Surendranath Banerjee, 2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, 3. Lala Lajpat Rai, 4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Correct — A, A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2. 'The Story of My Deportation' was written by Lala Lajpat Rai (3), recounting his 1907 deportation to Mandalay in Burma; 'Gita Rahasya', the philosophical commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, was written by Bal Gangadhar Tilak (4) during his imprisonment at Mandalay; 'A Nation in Making' is the autobiography of the Moderate leader Surendranath Banerjee (1); and 'India Wins Freedom' is the memoir of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (2). Only option (a) pairs all four correctly.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Wrong — it assigns 'The Story of My Deportation' to Tilak and 'Gita Rahasya' to Azad, but Gita Rahasya is Tilak's work and India Wins Freedom (not this) is Azad's; only C-1 (Banerjee) is right.  (c) Wrong — B-4 and C-1 are right, but it makes 'The Story of My Deportation' Azad's and 'India Wins Freedom' Lajpat Rai's; in fact the first is Lajpat Rai's and the second is Azad's.  (d) Wrong — every pair is mismatched here (A→Tilak, B→Lajpat Rai, C→Azad, D→Banerjee); none of these authors wrote the book they are paired with.

Concept: This is a book-to-author match on writings of the national movement. Each work is tied to a distinct leader: Lala Lajpat Rai's prison/deportation memoir, Tilak's Gita commentary, Surendranath Banerjee's Moderate-era autobiography, and Azad's post-Independence memoir. Knowing the signature book of each figure resolves the code.

State PCS 2020 Q26 — History PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q26 — History PYQ with Answer