Which statements about Mulk Raj Anand are correct?

1. A. He was educated at Lahore, London and Cambridge and took a doctorate in philosophy.
2. B. He joined the Progressive Writers' Movement and settled in London after the War.
3. C. In Coolie, evil appears as greed, selfishness and inhumanity in many forms.
4. D. In The Barbers' Trade Union he immortalises Munoo the barber as he did Bakha.
5. E. His early novels draw on the lived reality of everyday existence.

1. AA, B, and E only
2. BB, C, and D only
3. CA, C, and E only
4. DB, D, and E only

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Correct answer: C. A, C, and E only

Explanation

Anand took his PhD at University College London (1929). He returned to India in 1945. The barber of 'The Barbers' Trade Union' is Chandu; Munoo is the hero of Coolie (1936).