Indian Writing In English

'Comparative Literature : Indian Dimensions',

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The introduction of English in India was primarily for the benefit and consolidation of British power.
Reasons (R): English caters to the social and economic aspirations of the emerging middle class and urban elites is India.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Which Indian playwright invests ancient Indian myths and legends with contemporary meanings in his works?

____translated Bhisham Sahni's TAMAS from Hindi.

Savitri, a literary epic in English, was written by ___

Match the playwright (List-I) to their play (List-II):

List I	Playwright	List II: Play
A	Badal Sircar	(I) Charandas Chor
B	Vijay Tendulkar	(II) Evam Indrajit
C	Mohan Rakesh	(III) Silence! The Court is in Session
D	Habib Tanvir	(IV) Adhe Adhure

Which of the following is written by the African-American author Octavia Butler?
Fledgling (2005)
Kindred (1979)
Parable of the Sower (1993)
The Word for World is Forest (1972)

Identify the poet of the lines: “Background. Casually,” “The Railway Clerk” and “Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.”

Who is the author of the 2014 novel, The Black Hill?
(A) Mamang Dai
(B) Easterine Kire
(C) Robin S. Ngangom
(D) Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih

Which famous author-filmmaker was also the editor of the children’s magazine Sandesh?

Match the Indian writings in English (List I) with their respective authors (List II):

List I	Indian Writing in English	List II: Author
A	A Fine Balance	(I) Anita Desai
B	The God of Small Things	(II) Rohinton Mistry
C	Such a Long Journey	(III) Khushwant Singh
D	Fire on the Mountain	(IV) Arundhati Roy

Arrange the publications of Khushwant Singh novels in the ascending order of their year of publication:
(A) Train to Pakistan (1956)
(B) Delhi: A Novel (1990)
(C) I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale (1959)
(D) The Company of Women (1999)

Which Indian play, published in 1990, deals with the theme of gender and identity?

Match the author (List-I) with the text (List-II):

List I	Author	List II: Text
A	Arundhati Roy	(I) Midnight's Children
B	Salman Rushdie	(III) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
C	Kiran Desai	(II) The Inheritance of Loss
D	Shashi Deshpande	(IV) The Dark Holds No Terrors

V.S. Naipaul received the Booker Prize in 1971 for this novel:

To which famous Indian playwright can the following plays be attributed? Pagla Ghoda, Hatt Tikhhar Pratap:

Match the Indian Writings in English in List I with their respective authors in List II:

List I (Books)	List II (Authors)
A. Difficult Daughters	I. Anita Desai
B. The God of Small Things	III. Arundhati Roy
C. The Shadow Lines	II. Manju Kapur
D. The Artist of Disappearance	IV. Amitav Ghosh