Who is the author of the novel 'The Guide', set in the town of Malgudi?
- A.Mulk Raj Anand
- B.Raja Rao
- C.R. K. Narayan
- D.Ruskin Bond
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, R. K. Narayan. The Guide, published in 1958, is the story of Raju, a tourist guide who is taken for a holy man, and it is set in Malgudi, the imaginary south Indian town Narayan built across his books. Swami and Friends, The English Teacher and Malgudi Days belong to the same town, and the novel won him the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Option A, Mulk Raj Anand, wrote Untouchable and Coolie, novels of caste and labour. Option B, Raja Rao, wrote Kanthapura, about a village drawn into the freedom movement, and The Serpent and the Rope. These three names form the founding trio of Indian English fiction and are always offered together. Option D, Ruskin Bond, wrote The Room on the Roof and stories of the hills. Malgudi belongs only to Narayan.
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