Books and Authors question: In a comparison beginning with The God of Small Things, which of the following book–author pairs is incorrectly matched?

The verified answer to “Books and Authors question: In a comparison beginning with The God of Small Things, which of the following book–author pairs is incorrectly matched?” is The God of Small Things — Salman Rushdie, option B. The source-backed, question-specific record explains: The God of Small Things is correctly associated with Arundhati Roy. These three details—title, author, and language—form the decisive bibliographical combination required here. The distractor set (Midnight's Children — Salman Rushdie; Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë; The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck) must therefore be tested as complete statements: one true fragment cannot make an entire option correct. A common examination trap is to confuse an author’s nationality with the language of composition, or a translation date with first publication. Revision takeaway: remember the compact chain “The God of Small Things — Arundhati Roy — English — 1997,” and connect it with The Ministry of Utmost Happiness for stronger recall. This evidence establishes the bibliographic relationship required in this Books and Authors item. A correct solution must preserve the exact title, author, publication context, language, award or comparison requested by the stem. Similar periods, genres or national traditions do not make two book–author pairs interchangeable. Option B gives The God of Small Things — Salman Rushdie and satisfies the wording of the question. The remaining choices—Midnight's Children — Salman Rushdie, Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë and The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck—do not satisfy the complete requirement. Depending on the stem, a distractor may name a real writer but attach the wrong title, use a related work by another author, reverse a correct association, or present a correct pair when the question specifically asks for the incorrect match. The reliable checking method is to identify the reference title first, recall or verify its credited author.