A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of
- (a) S. Ramanujan ✓ UPSC's answer
- (b) S. Chandrasekhar
- (c) S. N. Bose
- (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.