Question

Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct option:

Column I (Role)	Column II (Scholar)
a. The song Vande Mataram	i. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b. Picture of Bharat Mata with spiritual qualities	ii. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c. Bardoli Satyagraha	iii. Abanindranath Tagore
d. Poona Pact in 1932	iv. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

• A. a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
• B. a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
• C. a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
• D. a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i

Hint:

Start with the pair you are surest about, the writer of Vande Mataram, and strike out every option that gets it wrong. Then decide only between Bardoli and the Poona Pact.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept:

• Matching questions are safest when each pair is fixed on its own before the options are read.
• All four names belong to the national movement, but each is tied to one very specific contribution: a song, a painting, a peasant satyagraha and an agreement on separate electorates.

Step 1: Fix pair (a), the song Vande Mataram.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Vande Mataram in the 1870s and later included it in the novel Anandamath.
So a matches iv.

Step 2: Fix pair (b), the picture of Bharat Mata.
Abanindranath Tagore painted Bharat Mata as a calm, composed figure shown with spiritual qualities, holding items that stand for learning, food, clothing and faith.
So b matches iii.

Step 3: Fix pair (c), Bardoli Satyagraha.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel led the peasants of Bardoli in Gujarat in 1928 against a steep rise in land revenue, and it was this campaign that earned him the title Sardar.
So c matches i.

Step 4: Fix pair (d), the Poona Pact of 1932.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar signed the Poona Pact with Gandhiji in September 1932. It gave the depressed classes reserved seats in the provincial and central legislative councils, voted for by the general electorate.
So d matches ii.

Step 5: Put the four pairs together.
a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii. This is option (B).

Final Answer: (B) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii