Question

Match the following List I (titles) with List II(authors) in correct order.

List I	List II
a. The Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India	1. Olga Tokarczuk
b. Siddhartha	2. Doris Lessing
c. Flights	3. ShashiTharoor
d. The Golden Notebook	4. Hermann Hesse

1. a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2
2. a - 4, b - 3, c - 1, d - 2
3. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2, d - 4
4. a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2

The correct answer is a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2.

List I	List II
The Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India	Shashi Tharoor
Siddhartha	Hermann Hesse
Flights	Olga Tokarczuk
The Golden Notebook	Doris Lessing

• Olga Tokarczuk
  • Born on 9^th January 1962, Sulechów, Poland.
  • Is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual.
  • Won the Nobel prize in Literature 2018 "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.".
  • Few books authored by her are:
    • Flights
    • Primeval and Other Times
    • House of Day, House of Night
    • The Lost Soul
    • Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
• Doris Lessing
  • She is a British Novelist and Short Story Writer.
  • Born on 22^nd October 1919, Kermanshah, Iran.
  • Won the Nobel prize in Literature 2007 and her prize motivation "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny."
  • A few notable works by her are
    • The Golden Notebook
    • The Grass is Singing
    • The Fifth Child
    • Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
    • Memoirs of a Survivor
• ​Shashi Tharoor​
  • Indian Politician and Author
  • Born on 9^th March 1956 London, England.
  • A few Notable works of his are
    • The Great Indian Novel
    • An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
    • Why I am a Hindu
    • Nehru: The Invention of India
    • Riot
• ​Hermann Hesse​
  • Was a German novelist and poet.
  • Born on 2^nd July 1877 in Calw, Germany.
  • Won the Noble Prize in Literature 1946 and his prize motivation "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style."
  • A few notable works of his are
    • Siddhartha
    • Steppenwolf
    • The Glass Bead Game
    • The Journey to the East
    • Beneath the Wheel