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GATE 2025 XH2 (English) – Question 62

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 novels has/have been written by the novelist who also wrote A Goddess Named Gold?

  1. So Many Hungers
  2. A Bend in the Ganges
  3. Distant Drum
  4. He who Rides a Tiger

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Correct answer: (A) So Many Hungers; (D) He who Rides a Tiger

Explanation

A Goddess Named Gold is by Bhabani Bhattacharya, who also wrote So Many Hungers and He Who Rides a Tiger. A Bend in the Ganges and Distant Drum are Manohar Malgonkar's.