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GATE 2021 XH2 – Question 27

Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Forms: Poetry, drama, fiction (novels, short stories, graphic narratives), creative non-fiction and nonfiction prose from the Medieval period to the present · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which work is NOT an autobiography?

  1. Baby Kamble,The Prisons We Broke
  2. Bama,Karukku
  3. Mulk Raj Anand,Untouchable
  4. Om Prakash Valmiki,Joothan

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Correct answer: (C) Mulk Raj Anand,Untouchable

Explanation

Untouchable is a novel centred on the fictional Bakha, making C the exception. The other three works draw on their authors’ lived experience in autobiographical forms. Social realism or a writer’s personal knowledge does not by itself turn a novel into autobiography.

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