Q. Match the columns:
(A) “Freedom at Midnight” (1) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) “Nineteen Eighty Four” (2) Sarojini Naidu
(C) “My Experiments with Truth” (3) Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
(D) “The Song of India” (4) George Orwell
     A B C D

Answer: 3 4 1 2
Notes: • Freedom at Midnight is a book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. It describes events around Indian independence and partition in 1947-48, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last viceroy of British India, and ending with the death and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi.
• Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by English writer George Orwell published in June 1949, whose themes centre on the risks of government overreach, totalitarianism and repressive regimentation of all persons and behaviour within society.
• The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929.
• The Song of India is written by Sarojini Naidu.