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GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 46

Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres: History, evolution and importance of categorisation · 2 marks · Multiple choice

What is common among the following novels?
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

  1. These are examples of Utopian fiction.
  2. These are examples of Dystopian fiction.
  3. They present an idealistic picture of the world.
  4. They abound in pleasant descriptions of landscapes, peoples and places.

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Correct answer: (B) These are examples of Dystopian fiction.

Explanation

All three imagine a bleak, oppressive or ruined future, which makes them dystopian fiction.