Chaudhuri's Finest Indian Novel Identified
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, a noted historian and writer, expressed a high regard for Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim.
He specifically referred to Kim as "the finest novel in the English language with an Indian theme". This highlights the novel's significant standing in literature concerning India, as perceived by Chaudhuri.
The question asks to identify this specific work based on Chaudhuri's assessment.
- Kim by Rudyard Kipling fits this description according to Nirad C. Chaudhuri.
- Other options like 'A Passage to India', 'Train to Pakistan', and 'Private Life of an Indian Prince' are significant novels related to India, but they were not singled out by Chaudhuri with this particular praise.
Therefore, based on the critical opinion cited, Kim is the correct identification.
Important Questions from Literature
Match List-I with List-II:
List-I List-II (A) Meghe Dhaka Tara (I) Govind Nihalani (B) Garam Hawa (II) Habib Tanvir (C) Tamas (III) Ritvik Ghatak (D) Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya O Jamya-e-nai (IV) M.S. Sathyu Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Mahabharata has over 1,00,000 verses.
(B) Mahabharata was written by Valmiki.
(C) V.S. Sukthankar is associated with the critical edition of Mahabharata.
(D) The critical edition of Mahabharata took 47 years to complete.
(E) The critical edition of Mahabharata ran into over 13,000 pages.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Who wrote the essay "Naipaul's India and Mine" (1984) as a reply to V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness ?
Identify the one that has not been paired correctly.
Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution made the provision for use of English, alongside Hindi, for official purposes, for fifteen years?
