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Match List – I with List – II:

List – I (Original Name)
List – II (Penname / Pseudonym)
A. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
I. George Eliot
B. Mary Ann Evans
II. Mark Twain
C. Eric Arthur Blair
III. George Orwell
D. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
IV. Lewis Carroll

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options

A

A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

B

A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

C

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

D

A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

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Correct Answer :

Option A

A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

Solution :

The correct answer is A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II.

To understand why this is the correct match, let's look at the literary history of each author and their pseudonyms:

A. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson corresponds to IV. Lewis Carroll:
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was an English writer, mathematician, and logician. He is best known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, under which he wrote the famous children's classics Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

B. Mary Ann Evans corresponds to I. George Eliot:
Mary Ann Evans was a leading English novelist of the Victorian era. She wrote under the masculine pseudonym George Eliot to ensure her works were taken seriously in a society where female authors were often stereotyped or limited to romantic fiction. Her masterpiece includes the novel Middlemarch.

C. Eric Arthur Blair corresponds to III. George Orwell:
Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, essayist, and critic. He adopted the pen name George Orwell to avoid embarrassing his family with his early publications about poverty (such as Down and Out in Paris and London). Under this pseudonym, he wrote legendary dystopian novels like Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm.

D. Samuel Langhorne Clemens corresponds to II. Mark Twain:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was a renowned American writer, humorist, and lecturer. He adopted the pen name Mark Twain, a term from riverboat piloting on the Mississippi River meaning "two fathoms deep" (a safe depth for steamboats). Under this name, he authored the classic novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

By matching each original name to its respective pseudonym, we obtain the pair combinations:
• A matches with IV
• B matches with I
• C matches with III
• D matches with II

Thus, the correct option sequence is indeed A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II.

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