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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 31

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Global Perspectives on Literary Studies: Anglophone literatures (British, American, Canadian and other postcolonial literatures) · 1 mark · Multiple choice

“River Sarayu was the pride of Malgudi. It was some ten minutes walk from Ellaman street, the last street of the town, chiefly occupied by oil mongers. Its sand-banks were the evening resort of all the people of the town. The Municipal President took any distinguished visitor to the top of the town hall and proudly pointed to him Sarayu in moonlight, glistening like a silver belt across the north.”

From which one of the following texts has the above passage been excerpted?

  1. The Guide
  2. The English Teacher
  3. Swami and Friends
  4. The Man-Eater of Malgudi

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Correct answer: (C) Swami and Friends

Explanation

This description of the river Sarayu and the town of Malgudi comes from R. K. Narayan's first novel, Swami and Friends (1935), where the town is introduced.