Question

The narrator of the story ‘Ranga's Marriage’ concocts a plan to get Ranga married to Ratna by conducting a meeting of the two and generating curiosity for the latter. Unaware of the plot, Ranga falls for it and marries Ratna. Identify the type of Irony in the given lines. *
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Comic Irony​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Dramatic Irony about this one

Answer 2

The correct answer is (b) Dramatic Irony

In Masti Venkatesha Iyengar's "Ranga's Marriage", the narrator plans to get Ranga married to Ratna by orchestrating a meet between the two. The narrator goes on to give the readers hints that he intends Ranga to marry Ratna who, according to the narrator, in the best match for Ranga. So, the audience knows about the narrator's plans, about which Ranga himself is unaware. Thus, this is an example of Dramatic Irony, in which the audience are well-aware of the plot than the characters themselves.

Ans) (b) Dramatic Irony