Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code…

A List-I/List-II code-matching question on authorship tests whether each named work can be attributed to its documented writer using specific, independent evidence (patron, era, or title association) for every pair - not by assuming a default sequence or by process of elimination across the codes.

1. Sangeet Raj - composed by Maharana Kumbha, the scholar-ruler of Mewar (15th century), known for several musicological and literary works - pairs with (iv).

2. Raag Manjari - authored by Pundarika Vittala, a 16th-century musicologist also known for Sadraga-chandrodaya and Nartana-nirnaya - pairs with (iii).

3. Anup Vilas - composed by Bhavbhatt, writing under the patronage of Maharaja Anup Singh of Bikaner - pairs with (ii).

4. Raag Kalpdum (also known as Sangeet Raga Kalpadruma) - composed by Krishnanand Vyas - pairs with (i).

Assembling these four independently verified pairs gives A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(ii), D-(i).

• A-(i), B-(ii), C-(iii), D-(iv) - matches the writers to the books strictly in list order, not by documented authorship.

• A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(iv), D-(i) - follows a looser thematic or historical association rather than each book's specific documented author.

• A-(iv), B-(i), C-(ii), D-(iii) - interchanges the writers credited for the two similarly-titled compilations, Raag Manjari and Raag Kalpdum.

• Question not attempted - forfeits credit outright.

This mapping is corroborated by the official RPSC answer key for this examination paper.