Which of these is Not a protagonist in an R.K. Narayan novel?
Margayya in the Financial Expert
Swami in Malgudi days
Raju in the Guide
Anthony Gonsalves from the English Teacher
Answers
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Q. Which of these is NOT a protagonist in an R.K Narayan novel?
(a) Margayya in The Financial Expert
(b) Swami in Malgudi days
(c) Raju in the Guide
(d) Anthony Gonsalves from The English Teacher
Answer : Option (d) Anthony Gonsalves from the English Teacher
Explanation : In R.K Narayan novel, there is no any character named Anthony Gonsalves in his "Malgudi" novel sets.
Extra information :
▪ Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, often known as R.K Narayan is an Indian English Novelist popularly known as the novelist of Malgudi.
▪ In his first novel Swami and Friends, he has conceived Malgudi as a South Indian town.
▪ Raju’s, the protagonist, his father in The Guide runs a hut shop.
▪ Margayya is the central character in the book "The Financial Expert". This short story novel tells the rise and fall of his business journey. He works under a banyan tree and give financial advice to those people who willing to pay for his knowledge.
▪ Krishnan, the protagonist, is the central character in the book "The English Teacher". This short story novel is based on the Krishnan, an English teacher, about his life journey which undertakes him in spiritual and emotional experiences and his arduous search towards achieving inner peace and self - development.
R.K. Narayan shot to fame with his very popular book ‘Malgudi Days’.
Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories, which was published in the year 1943.
In his various novels that he has written, Margayya, Swami and Raju have been protagonist in his novels, but Anthony Gonsalves is an unknown identity in his novels, and therefore the answer is Anthony Gonsalves.