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Question
Given below are pictures of fictitious detective characters in English & Tamil short stories. Match them with the authors who created them.
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Solution
- Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot
- Sujatha – Ganesh, Vasanth
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
- Devan – Sambu
- Tamizhvanan – Sankar Lai
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