SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 28

SSC MTS - 26 July 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q28

Which of the following books was written by Indian author RK Narayan?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Malgudi Days

Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories written by R. K. Narayan, published in 1943 by Indian.Thought Publications, the publishing company Narayan himself founded in 1942.

  • Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (R.K. Narayan) is one of the greatest writers of Indian Literature, contributing to the generational wealth of Indian Literature in English.His writing style was marked by simplicity and subtle humor. He told stories of ordinary people trying to live their simple lives in a changing world.
  • In his long career he published fourteen novels, over two hundred short stories, a memoir, two travel books, innumerable essays, and two plays.
  • His first novel was Swami and Friends (1935).

Additional Detail-

Think Like a Monk

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The Shadow Lines

Novel by Amitav Ghosh

The White Tiger

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