Books and Authors question: With A Fine Balance as the reference work, which book–author pair is correctly matched?

The source-backed, question-specific record explains: A Fine Balance is correctly associated with Rohinton Mistry. The work’s first publication is conventionally dated to 1995, and its original language is English. These three details—title, author, and language—form the decisive bibliographical combination required here. Rohinton Mistry, a major Indian-born Canadian literary figure, is also associated with Such a Long Journey; that companion title helps confirm the authorship independently rather than through guesswork. The distractor set (The Blue Umbrella — Günter Grass; The Tin Drum — Anne Frank; The Diary of a Young Girl — Ruskin Bond) 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. Another is to treat a well-known adaptation or later edition as the original work. Revision takeaway: remember the compact chain “A Fine Balance — Rohinton Mistry — English — 1995,” and connect it with Such a Long Journey 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 A gives A Fine Balance — Rohinton Mistry and satisfies the wording of the question. The remaining choices—The Blue Umbrella — Günter Grass, The Tin Drum — Anne Frank and The Diary of a Young Girl — Ruskin Bond—do not satisfy the complete requirement.