Read the following statements carefully : Statement 1 : According to TIME Magazine, S.S. Rajamouli has been named among the top “Pioneers” of 2023, while Shahrukh Khan has been named among the top “Icons” of 2023. Statement 2 : The TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people list has been divided into six major categories – Leader, Titan, Pioneer, Artist, Icon and Innovator. Select the correct option among the following :
- (1)Statements 1 and 2 both are true.
- (2)Statements 1 and 2 both are false.
- (3)Only statement 2 is true.
- (4)Only statement 1 is true.
Answer
Why
Correct — option (1), Statements 1 and 2 both are true.
Statement 1 is true. TIME's list "The 100 Most Influential People of 2023", published on 13 April 2023, places S.S. Rajamouli in its Pioneers category, with a tribute by Alia Bhatt. It places Shah Rukh Khan in its Icons category, with a tribute by Deepika Padukone.
Statement 2 is true. The 2023 list is arranged in six categories: Artists, Icons, Pioneers, Leaders, Titans and Innovators. TIME sums it up as: "From pioneers, leaders, and titans to artists, innovators, and icons, these are the most influential people of 2023."
With both statements true, the code is Statements 1 and 2 both are true.
The idea to remember: TIME100 2023 had six categories; Rajamouli was a Pioneer and Shah Rukh Khan an Icon.
Why the others are wrong
- (2)Statements 1 and 2 both are false. — This code needs both statements to be false, and neither is.
TIME's 2023 list does name S.S. Rajamouli among Pioneers and Shah Rukh Khan among Icons, and it does use six categories: Artists, Icons, Pioneers, Leaders, Titans and Innovators.
- (3)Only statement 2 is true. — This code treats statement 1 as false. It would fit only if the category placements in statement 1 were wrong.
They are not: TIME's 2023 list puts S.S. Rajamouli under Pioneers, in a tribute written by Alia Bhatt, and Shah Rukh Khan under Icons, in a tribute written by Deepika Padukone.
- (4)Only statement 1 is true. — This code treats statement 2 as false. It would fit only if the 2023 list used categories other than those six.
It does not: TIME's 2023 page groups its entries under exactly Artists, Icons, Pioneers, Leaders, Titans and Innovators, the six that statement 2 names.
Concept
TIME100 is TIME magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of a year. Each entry carries a short tribute written by someone other than the person named.
The 2023 list sorts its entries into six categories. On TIME's page the categories hold 96 entries; four of them are shared by two people, such as Sara Mardini and Yusra Mardini, which brings the total to 100 people.
A category is a grouping, not a ranking: the list does not number the people within it.
RPSC's 2023 syllabus lists "Persons, Places and Institutions in News." under Current Affairs.
Both Indians named in statement 1 are film-makers or actors. S.S. Rajamouli directed RRR, whose song "Naatu Naatu" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in March 2023, a month before the list appeared.
The same 2023 list includes, among many others, Lionel Messi and Elon Musk among Titans, Sam Altman among Pioneers, and King Charles among Icons.
Key facts
- TIME published "The 100 Most Influential People of 2023" on 13 April 2023.
- The 2023 list has six categories: Artists, Icons, Pioneers, Leaders, Titans and Innovators.
- S.S. Rajamouli is listed among Pioneers; his tribute is written by Alia Bhatt.
- Shah Rukh Khan is listed among Icons; his tribute is written by Deepika Padukone.
- Counting TIME's page: 96 entries, four of them shared by two people, for 100 people in all.
Examples only; source: TIME, "The 100 Most Influential People of 2023" (13 April 2023).
Study next
Common traps
- Swapping the categories. Rajamouli is under Pioneers and Shah Rukh Khan under Icons, not the other way round.
- Taking the tribute writer for the person honoured. Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone wrote the tributes; they are not entries on the 2023 list.
- Reading a category as a rank. TIME groups entries into six categories but does not number the people within them.
A question can ask which Indians appear on a year's TIME100 list, or under which category a named person appears.
A question can also pair a statement about entries with a statement about how the list is organised and ask which of them are true.
Related PYQs
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Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
In TIME's list of the 100 most influential people of 2023, under which category was S.S. Rajamouli named?
- (a)Artists
- (b)Icons
- (c)Pioneers
- (d)Titans
Answer(3) — TIME's 2023 list places S.S. Rajamouli among Pioneers, with a tribute by Alia Bhatt. Option (2) is Shah Rukh Khan's category; options (1) and (4) are other categories of the same list. - practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following was NOT one of the categories of TIME's list of the 100 most influential people of 2023?
- (a)Titans
- (b)Innovators
- (c)Legends
- (d)Leaders
Answer(3) — The 2023 categories are Artists, Icons, Pioneers, Leaders, Titans and Innovators, so Legends is not one of them. Options (1), (2) and (4) are among the six.