Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
Column - A (Writer) | Column - B (Contribution)
(A) Sudarshan Chakra — Anandmath
(B) Kashi Baba — Sacchi Kavitayen
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Kesari
(D) Pandita Ramabai — Amar Jiban
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
Column - A (Writer) | Column - B (Contribution)
(A) Sudarshan Chakra — Anandmath
(B) Kashi Baba — Sacchi Kavitayen
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Kesari
(D) Pandita Ramabai — Amar Jiban
Options
Option (C): Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Kesari is the correctly matched pair; the other three columns pair writers with works they did not author.
Marking Scheme
- 11 mark: selecting option (C) — Bal Gangadhar Tilak correctly matched with Kesari. No partial marks for MCQs.
Hint
Recall that Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Marathi newspaper was called 'Kesari' — a well-known nationalist publication.
Quick Oral Answer
The correctly matched pair is Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Kesari, option (C); all other pairs mismatch the writer with someone else's actual work.
Analysis & Explanation
Tests precise recall of writer-work pairings from 'Print Culture and the Modern World'.
Concept
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak founded and edited 'Kesari', a Marathi newspaper that carried nationalist, anti-colonial ideas — correctly matched in option (C).
Key point
- 'Anandmath' was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, not Sudarshan Chakra (option A mismatched).
- 'Sacchi Kavitayen' is linked to poet Sudarshan Chakr, not Kashibaba; Kashibaba (a Kanpur millworker) is known for 'Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal' (1938) (option B mismatched).
- 'Amar Jiban', the first full-length Bengali autobiography, was written by Rashsundari Debi, not Pandita Ramabai, who instead wrote 'The High Caste Hindu Woman' (option D mismatched).
Common mistakes
- Relying on general name familiarity instead of the exact author-work link demanded by matching-type MCQs.
Common Mistakes
- 1Assuming 'Anandmath' is matched with a lesser-known name because Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's name is not among the options, without recalling that this makes option (A) automatically wrong.
- 2Confusing 'Amar Jiban' (Rashsundari Debi's autobiography) with Pandita Ramabai's actual work, 'The High Caste Hindu Woman'.
- 3Attributing 'Sacchi Kavitayen' to Kashibaba instead of the poet Sudarshan Chakr, and confusing it with Kashibaba's actual work 'Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal' about factory workers' exploitation.
Interesting Facts
Rashsundari Debi's 'Amar Jiban', published in 1876, is considered the first complete autobiography in the Bengali language.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak's newspaper 'Kesari' (meaning 'lion') was so influential in stirring nationalist sentiment that Tilak was tried for sedition multiple times by the British.
Pandita Ramabai's 'The High Caste Hindu Woman' (1887) was written partly to draw international attention and support for the education of Indian women.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who actually wrote 'Anandmath'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote 'Anandmath' (1882), which contains the song 'Vande Mataram', later a key nationalist anthem — not Sudarshan Chakra as stated in option (A).
Who wrote 'Amar Jiban' if not Pandita Ramabai?
'Amar Jiban' was written by Rashsundari Debi and is regarded as the first complete autobiography in Bengali; Pandita Ramabai instead authored 'The High Caste Hindu Woman'.