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Match List – I with List – II:

List – I (Text)
List – II (Translated by)
A. Kena, Isa, Katha and Mundaka Upanishads (1830s)
I. Ralph T.H. Griffith
B. Ramayana (1870s)
II. Manmatha Nath Dutt
C. The Bhagavat Gita (1895)
III. Charles Wilkins
D. The Bhagvat Geeta (1785)
IV. Ram Mohan Roy
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

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

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Correct Answer :

Option B

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

Solution :

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

To understand why this match is correct, let us look at the historical translations of each text step-by-step:

1. A. Kena, Isa, Katha and Mundaka Upanishads (1830s) matches with IV. Ram Mohan Roy:
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, was a pioneer of modern Indian renaissance. In the early 19th century, particularly leading into the 1830s, he translated several major Upanishads (such as Kena, Isa, Katha, and Mundaka) into English and Bengali to demonstrate that Hindu scriptures supported monotheism.

2. B. Ramayana (1870s) matches with I. Ralph T.H. Griffith:
Ralph T.H. Griffith was an eminent English Indologist who translated classical Sanskrit texts into English. His verse translation of the Valmiki Ramayana was published in five volumes during the 1870s (specifically between 1870 and 1874).

3. C. The Bhagavat Gita (1895) matches with II. Manmatha Nath Dutt:
Manmatha Nath Dutt was a prolific translator of ancient Sanskrit epics and scriptures into English prose. His English translation of the Bhagavad Gita was published in Calcutta in the year 1895.

4. D. The Bhagvat Geeta (1785) matches with III. Charles Wilkins:
Charles Wilkins was a pioneer of Sanskrit studies and the first to translate the Bhagavad Gita directly from Sanskrit into English. His landmark translation, titled The Bhagvat-Geeta, or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon, was published under the auspices of the East India Company in London in 1785.

By putting these historical facts together, we obtain the correct pairings:
A → IV
B → I
C → II
D → III

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