UPSC Prelims 2016 GS Paper I · Q99 of 100 Current Events easy

A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of

  1. (a) S. Ramanujan ✓ UPSC's answer
  2. (b) S. Chandrasekhar
  3. (c) S. N. Bose
  4. (d) C. V. Raman

Why the answer is (a)

• 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' (2015), starring Dev Patel, is based on Robert Kanigel's biography of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his collaboration with G.H. Hardy at Cambridge — option (a).

• Chandrasekhar (b) was an astrophysicist, S.N. Bose (c) a physicist of Bose–Einstein statistics, C.V. Raman (d) the Nobel-winning physicist of the Raman effect.

• Hence option (a).

Why the other options are wrong

(b) S. Chandrasekhar
Chandrasekhar was an astrophysicist, not the film's subject.
(c) S. N. Bose
S.N. Bose was not the subject.
(d) C. V. Raman
C.V. Raman was not the subject.

Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2016, held on 7 August 2016. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.

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