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GATE 2024 XH2 (English) – Question 43

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Intersections of literature with political, social and intellectual movements · 1 mark · Multiple select

Which of these writers is/are associated with the Progressive Writers Association?

  1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  2. Ismat Chughtai
  3. Premchand
  4. Rajinder Singh Bedi

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Correct answer: (B) Ismat Chughtai; (C) Premchand; (D) Rajinder Singh Bedi

Explanation

Premchand presided over the first meeting of the Progressive Writers' Association in 1936, and Ismat Chughtai and Rajinder Singh Bedi were members. Bankim belongs to the nineteenth century.