Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: List – I A) Thomas Cook B) Greta Thunberg C) Dr.UshaKiran D) Carrie Lam List – II 1) Recipient of Bharat – Bharati Award 2) Hong Kong Leader 3) Environmental Activist 4) British Tour and Travel Company

Correct answer: D (A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2). Thomas Cook is a British tour and travel company, founded in 1841, so A matches 4. Greta Thunberg is the Swedish climate activist who rose to fame with the school strike for climate, so B matches 3. Dr. Usha Kiran Khan, the Hindi and Maithili novelist, was a recipient of the Bharat Bharati Award, which the Uttar Pradesh government instituted in 1991, so C matches 1. Carrie Lam was the Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022, so D matches 2.

The core idea here is simple name recognition, but the question tests whether you know which office or field each person belongs to. Keep the state-level awards (Bharat Bharati, UP) separate from national awards in your notes, because Mains answers on cultural heritage and literature often draw on them.

Why the other options fail:

• Option A pairs Thomas Cook with an award and Greta Thunberg with a Hong Kong post, which are both wrong.
• Option B fails at A-4 being right but gives Carrie Lam a travel company link. Carrie Lam is not linked to a travel company.
• Option C places Thomas Cook with a Bharat Bharati award and Carrie Lam with an environmental activism role, neither of which fits.

Trap: Aspirants often confuse Greta Thunberg's activism with a political role, or assume every Indian name in a list must be linked to a national award. Check each person's field first, then match.