Which one of the following statements is correct?

2023

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Answer: C. The Indian Struggle was written by Subhas Chandra Bose.Concept: In a statement-based history question, each assertion must be tested independently against established authorship and chronology. Composite choices…

  1. A.

    A Bunch of Old Letters was written by Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

  2. B.

    Brahma Dutt was the second Satyagrahi in the Individual Satyagraha.

  3. C.

    The Indian Struggle was written by Subhas Chandra Bose.

  4. D.

    More than one of the above

  5. E.

    None of the above

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Correct answer: C

Concept: In a statement-based history question, each assertion must be tested independently against established authorship and chronology. Composite choices such as ‘more than one’ or ‘none’ are evaluated only after counting the individually valid statements.

Application: The Indian Struggle is a two-volume work written by Subhas Chandra Bose. It surveys the Indian independence movement from 1920 to 1942, so the authorship statement about this work is established.

Contrast:

  • A Bunch of Old Letters was compiled and edited by Jawaharlal Nehru from correspondence he received and sent; attributing the work to Dr. Rajendra Prasad changes its bibliographic authorship.

  • In the Individual Satyagraha sequence, Vinoba Bhave was chosen first, Jawaharlal Nehru second, and Brahma Dutt third; calling Brahma Dutt the second satyagrahi changes the order.

  • Because exactly one of the three specific statements is established, the composite claims ‘more than one’ and ‘none’ do not describe the count.

Cross-check: Bibliographic records identify Jawaharlal Nehru as the compiler and editor of A Bunch of Old Letters and Subhas Chandra Bose as the author of The Indian Struggle, while the satyagrahi chronology places Brahma Dutt after Nehru. All three checks converge on a single valid statement.

Result: The correct statement is: The Indian Struggle was written by Subhas Chandra Bose.

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