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GATE 2025 XH2 (English) – Question 52

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Global Perspectives on Literary Studies: Anglophone literatures (British, American, Canadian and other postcolonial literatures) · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about “The Republic of Orissa: A Page from the Annals of the Twentieth Century,” one of the earliest narrative texts written in English by an Indian?

  1. It was written by Shoshee Chunder Dutt.
  2. It depicted resistance against the British led by an English educated youth.
  3. It was published in 1845.
  4. In the work, the resistance against the British is provoked by the passing of a Slavery Act by the British in 1916.

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Correct answer: (A) It was written by Shoshee Chunder Dutt.; (B) It depicted resistance against the British led by an English educated youth.; (C) It was published in 1845.; (D) In the work, the resistance against the British is provoked by the passing of a Slavery Act by the British in 1916.

Explanation

Shoshee Chunder Dutt published this future-set fantasy in 1845. A young English-educated Indian leads a revolt in 1996 that is provoked by a British Slavery Act of 1916.