SSC CGL (Prelims) General: English Literature questions with solutions

Q1. Read the following statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R): Assertion (A): Midnight’s Children explores India’s post-independence history through magical realism. Reason (R): The novel received the Booker Prize for its innovative narrative style.

1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
3. A is true, but R is false
4. A is false, but R is true

Answer: Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

Midnight’s Children does explore India’s post-independence history through magical realism, so Assertion (A) is true. The novel also won the Booker Prize, but that fact does not explain why the novel uses magical realism, so Reason (R) is true but not the correct explanation.