Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Story)	List – II (Author)
(A) “A Simple Heart”	(I) Joseph Conrad
(B) “An Outpost of Progress”	(II) Gustave Flaubert
(C) “Six Feet of the Country”	(III) R.K. Narayan
(D) “A Horse and Two Goats”	(IV) Nadine Gordimer

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

To understand why this match is correct, let us look at each story and its respective author step-by-step:

1. (A) “A Simple Heart” matches with (II) Gustave Flaubert:
“A Simple Heart” (originally titled "Un cœur simple") is a famous novella/short story written by the French novelist Gustave Flaubert, published in 1877 as part of his collection Three Tales (Trois Contes). It tells the story of a dedicated housemaid named Félicité.

2. (B) “An Outpost of Progress” matches with (I) Joseph Conrad:
“An Outpost of Progress” is a tragic short story written by Polish-British writer Joseph Conrad in 1897. It deals with two European colonial agents stationed at a remote trading outpost in the Congo, exploring themes of colonialism, isolation, and moral decay.

3. (C) “Six Feet of the Country” matches with (IV) Nadine Gordimer:
“Six Feet of the Country” is a well-known short story by the South African writer and Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer. First published in 1953, the story addresses the racial, social, and political complexities of apartheid-era South Africa.

4. (D) “A Horse and Two Goats” matches with (III) R.K. Narayan:
“A Horse and Two Goats” is a humorous and insightful short story by the renowned Indian writer R.K. Narayan. The story depicts a comical miscommunication between Muni, a poor Indian villager speaking Tamil, and an American tourist speaking English, centered around a clay horse statue.

Matching these pairs together, we get:
(A) → (II)
(B) → (I)
(C) → (IV)
(D) → (III)
This perfectly matches the second option.