Books and Authors question: In a comparison beginning with Gunahon Ka Devta, which of the following book–author pairs is incorrectly matched?

The verified answer to “Books and Authors question: In a comparison beginning with Gunahon Ka Devta, which of the following book–author pairs is incorrectly matched?” is Gunahon Ka Devta — Mahadevi Varma, option C. The source-backed, question-specific record explains: Gunahon Ka Devta is correctly associated with Dharamvir Bharati. These three details—title, author, and language—form the decisive bibliographical combination required here. The distractor set (Yama — Mahadevi Varma; India Wins Freedom — Maulana Abul Kalam Azad; Akbarnama — Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak) 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 “Gunahon Ka Devta — Dharamvir Bharati — Hindi — 1949,” and connect it with Andha Yug 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 C gives Gunahon Ka Devta — Mahadevi Varma and satisfies the wording of the question. The remaining choices—Yama — Mahadevi Varma, India Wins Freedom — Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Akbarnama — Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak—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, and then read qualifiers such as “both works,” “original language,” “first published,” “correctly.