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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 34

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

Grimus is the first novel of which well-known author?

  1. Arundhati Roy
  2. Hanif Kureishi
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. Kiran Desai

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Correct answer: (C) Salman Rushdie

Explanation

Grimus (1975) was Salman Rushdie's first novel. Roy's first novel is The God of Small Things, Kureishi's is The Buddha of Suburbia and Desai's is Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.