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GATE 2024 XH2 (English) – Question 46

Comparative and World Literatures in English Translation · Literatures in English translation, particularly from India and the Global South · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Match each fictional character with the author who created him:

CharacterAuthor
aUriah HeepiJames Joyce
bStephen DedalusiiIvan Turgenev
cBazaroviiiFyodor Dostoevsky
dRaskolnikovivCharles Dickens
  1. a-iii, b-i, c-ii, d-iv
  2. a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
  3. a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii
  4. a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii

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Correct answer: (B) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii

Explanation

Uriah Heep is from Dickens's David Copperfield, Stephen Dedalus from Joyce, Bazarov from Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, and Raskolnikov from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.