Question

Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Book/Work)	List-II (Author(s))
(A) India's Economic Crisis: The Way Ahead	(III) Jagdish Bhagwati
(B) India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity	(II) Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen
(C) India Divided	(IV) Rajendra Prasad
(D) India in Transition: Freeing the Economy	(I) Bimal Jalan

• (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
• (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
• (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
• (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

Hint:

For "Books and Authors" questions, especially on economics and Indian history, it's helpful to associate authors with their primary field. For instance, Bimal Jalan (RBI, monetary policy), Amartya Sen (welfare economics), and Jagdish Bhagwati (trade, liberalization) are key figures.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Analyzing and Matching Each Book:


(A) India's Economic Crisis: The Way Ahead: This book, analyzing the 1991 economic crisis, was authored by Bimal Jalan, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. This matches with (I).
(B) India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity: This influential work on development economics was co-authored by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and development economist Jean Dreze. This matches with (II).
(C) India Divided: This book, which examines the partition of India, was written by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. This matches with (IV).
(D) India in Transition: Freeing the Economy: This book advocating for economic liberalization in India was written by the renowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati. This matches with (III).

Step 2: Forming the Correct Combination:
The correct pairings are:

A $\rightarrow$ I
B $\rightarrow$ II
C $\rightarrow$ IV
D $\rightarrow$ III
This corresponds to the sequence (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III).

Step 3: Final Answer:
Looking at the options, option (B) matches our derived sequence.