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GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 28

Comparative and World Literatures in English Translation · Literatures in English translation, particularly from India and the Global South · 1 mark · Multiple choice

“History is not made only in statecraft; its lasting results are produced in the ranks of learned men.”
Name the play from which the above excerpt has been taken.

  1. Mahesh Dattani’s Thirty Days in September
  2. Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence! The Court is in Session
  3. Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq
  4. Rabindranath Tagore’s Mukta-Dhara

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Correct answer: (C) Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq

Explanation

The line about learned men making lasting history is spoken in Girish Karnad's Tughlaq, a play set at the court of Muhammad bin Tughlaq with the historian Barani as a character.