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Match List I with List II

LIST I (Output Device)
LIST II (Description)
A) The Famished Road
I. Buchi Emecheta
B) The Bride Price
II. Nadine Gordimer
C)Half of a Yellow Sun
III. Ben Okri
D) The Lying Days
IV. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Options

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

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

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Correct Answer :

Option A

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

Solution :

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

Let us match the African literary works listed in List I with their respective authors listed in List II step-by-step:

1. A) The Famished Road matches with III. Ben Okri
The Famished Road is a Booker Prize-winning novel written by the Nigerian writer Ben Okri and was published in 1991. The novel follows Azaro, an abiku or spirit child, living in an unnamed African city.

2. B) The Bride Price matches with I. Buchi Emecheta
The Bride Price is a novel by the Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta, published in 1976. The story is set in Nigeria and explores themes of gender, tradition, and the struggles of young women in Igbo society.

3. C) Half of a Yellow Sun matches with IV. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun is a highly acclaimed novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, published in 2006. It tells the story of the Biafran War (Nigerian Civil War) through the perspectives of various characters.

4. D) The Lying Days matches with II. Nadine Gordimer
The Lying Days is the debut novel by the South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, published in 1953. It depicts the coming-of-age story of a young woman growing up during the early years of apartheid in South Africa.

Combining these matching pairs, we get:
A → III
B → I
C → IV
D → II

This corresponds perfectly to the option A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II.

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