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UPSC 2005: Match List-I (Distinguished Person) with List-II (Achievement/Known as) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I (A) Guenter Grass (B) Trevor Huddleston (C) Dicky Dolma (D) Kim Campbell List II 1. First woman Prime Minister of Canada 2. Nobel Prize winner for literature 3. Leading campaigner against apartheid in South Africa 4. Youngest woman to climb the Mt. Everest 5. American violinist
(a)A 5 B 3 C 2 D 1
(b)A 2 B 3 C 4 D 1
(c)A 5 B 3 C 4 D 2
(d)A 2 B 1 C 3 D 5
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) A 2 B 3 C 4 D 1
Günter Grass won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature (2) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass)); Anglican bishop Trevor Huddleston was a leading anti-apartheid activist (3) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Huddleston)); Indian mountaineer Dicky Dolma became the youngest woman to summit Mt Everest in 1993 (4) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Dolma?utm_source=openai)); Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada’s first woman Prime Minister in 1993 (1) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Campbell?utm_source=openai)). The correct matching A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 corresponds to option (b).
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