Match List-I with List-II and Select the correct answer using the ocdes given below the lists: List-I A) Lady Catherin Miyo B) Larry Coolins and Dominique Lapierre C) Ram Manohar Lohia D) Jawaharlal Nehru List-II 1) Freedom Midnight 2) Mother India 3) Discovery of India 4) Guilty Men of India’s Partition

This is a straight author-book pairing, and the correct set is A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3. Catherine Mayo wrote Mother India (1927), a critical account of Indian society that drew sharp nationalist reactions, so A-2 is right.

Collins and Lapierre wrote Freedom at Midnight (1975), a narrative of Independence and Partition, so B-1 fits. Lohia's Guilty Men of India's Partition (1960) names the leaders he held responsible for Partition, so C-4 fits. Nehru wrote The Discovery of India (1946) while imprisoned at Ahmednagar Fort, so D-3 completes the match.

Why the others fail: Option B pairs Mayo with Freedom at Midnight, which is wrong. Options C and D also break at least one pair. Only Option A keeps all four correct.

Core concept: authors and their landmark works, which is a standard static-plus-history item. For Mains, Mayo's and Lohia's books help you see how colonial portrayals of India and the debate on Partition were shaped.

Trap: candidates know Freedom at Midnight and Discovery of India well but mix up Mother India with Lohia's Partition book, or assume the two Partition-themed titles must go together.