Previous Year Question
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Book) | List-II (Writer) |
A. The Story of My Deportation | 1. Surendranath Banerjee |
B. Gita Rahasya | 2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
C. A Nation in Making | 3. Lala Lajpat Rai |
D. India Wins Freedom | 4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
Codes:
A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution
A. The Story of My Deportation — Lala Lajpat Rai (3): Lala Lajpat Rai was deported without trial to Mandalay, Burma in 1907. In The Story of My Deportation, he recorded his deportation and the contemporary political circumstances in Punjab. The book was published in 1908.
B. Gita Rahasya — Bal Gangadhar Tilak (4): During his imprisonment at Mandalay, Tilak wrote the celebrated Srimad Bhagavad Gita Rahasya or Karma-Yoga-Sastra. In it, he interpreted the Bhagavad Gita primarily through Karmayoga, emphasising performance of duty rather than passive renunciation.
C. A Nation in Making — Surendranath Banerjee (1): A Nation in Making is an autobiographical work by Surendranath Banerjee. It is described as the “reminiscences of fifty years of public life” and was published in 1925. It provides an important account of early Indian nationalism and his long public career.
D. India Wins Freedom — Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (2): India Wins Freedom is the autobiographical-political account of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. It deals with his experiences and views concerning the final years of the freedom struggle, Congress politics, transfer of power and Partition. It was published posthumously in 1959.
Therefore, the correct matching is Lala Lajpat Rai–The Story of My Deportation, Bal Gangadhar Tilak–Gita Rahasya, Surendranath Banerjee–A Nation in Making and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad–India Wins Freedom.