The fictional town of Malgudi and the boy Swami were created by
- A.Mulk Raj Anand
- B.R. K. Narayan
- C.Raja Rao
- D.Khushwant Singh
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The correct answer is B, R. K. Narayan. He invented the small south Indian town of Malgudi and set almost all his fiction there, beginning with Swami and Friends in 1935, whose schoolboy hero gave the collection Malgudi Days its world. Narayan also created Raju of The Guide and Margayya of The Financial Expert, and his brother was the cartoonist R. K. Laxman. Option A, Mulk Raj Anand, wrote Untouchable and Coolie and created Bakha and Munoo, novels of caste and labour. Option C, Raja Rao, wrote Kanthapura, set in a Karnataka village during the freedom struggle. Option D, Khushwant Singh, wrote Train to Pakistan and created Juggut Singh in the village of Mano Majra. All four belong to the first generation of Indian writing in English, which is why they are grouped as options here.
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