Option 1: (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I) → Correctly matches all books with their respective authors.
Option 2: (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III) → Incorrectly matches "Mother" with Han Kang and "The Vegetarian" with Maxim Gorky.
Option 3: (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I) → Incorrectly swaps the authors of "The Golden Road" and "Man-eaters of Kumaon".
Option 4: (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I) → Incorrectly matches "The Golden Road" with Maxim Gorky and "Mother" with William Dalrymple.
Hence, Option 1 → "The Golden Road" is William Dalrymple's recent work on ancient India; "Man-eaters of Kumaon" is Jim Corbett's classic on tiger hunting; "Mother" is Maxim Gorky's renowned Russian novel; and "The Vegetarian" is Han Kang's Man Booker International Prize-winning Korean novel → correct