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GATE 2024 XH2 (English) – Question 23

Reasoning and Comprehension · Verbal reasoning and comprehension · 2 marks · Multiple select

The narrator’s use of ‘I’ in the given passage is/are:

I have never been any good at the more lurid sort of writing. Psychopathic killers, impotent war-heroes, self-tortured film stars, and seedy espionage agents must exist in the world, but strangely enough I do not come across them, and I prefer to write about the people and places I have known and the lives of those whose paths I have crossed. This crossing of paths makes for stories rather than novels, and although I have worked in both mediums, I am happier being a short-story writer than a novelist.

  1. Self-conscious
  2. Apologetic and regretful
  3. Confessional and communicating
  4. Egotistical and vain

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Correct answer: (A) Self-conscious; (C) Confessional and communicating

Explanation

The narrator talks frankly about his own limits and preferences, which is confessional and communicates with the reader, and is aware of himself as a writer. He is not apologetic or regretful (he says he is happier writing short stories), nor vain.