The Serpent and the Rope Quiz

Apart from RK Narayan, there are two other writers credited with creating what is the Modern Indian English Novel. Who are they?

• Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth

• Vikram Seth and Raja Rao

• Salman Rushdie and Mulk Raj Anand

• Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao

Where is the head office of Sahitya Akademi located?

• New Delhi

• Lucknow

• Kolkata

• None of these

Who are called 'Trio' in Indian writing in English?

• R. K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao

• R.K. Narayan, Amish Tripathi, Manohar Malgaonkar

• Mulk Raj Anand, Bankim Chatterjee, Chetan Bhagat

• Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, R.K. Narayan

The Serpent and the Rope is RajaRao's _____ novel.

• First

• second

• third

• fourth

Written in an autobiographical style, the novel deals with the concepts of existence, reality, and fulfillment of one's capabilities.

• True

• False

The protagonist Ramaswamy's thought process in the novel is said to be influenced by vedantic philosophy and _____ non-dualism.

• Adi Shankara's

• Chanakya

• Buddha

• Vedas

It also deals with the problems of the Immigrants and Immigration.

• True

• False

The novel won the Sahitya Akademi Award in ___.

• 1984

• 1968

• 1960

• 1964

_____ is a kind young man. He is somewhat frail because of his tubercular lungs. While studying in France, he has married Madeleine, a French woman.

• Radhaswamy

• Ramaswamy

• Kamlesh

• Swami

In the beginning, Ramaswamy gives hints that his relation with his wife is not going so well. Their married life has some concerns about their mutual understanding. Their first child, a son, has died just after seven months of its birth. Now, his father is on the verge to die. For this, he must return to India.

• True

• False