"Neither Philip Spratt nor A.D. Shroff ______ able to convince Mahalanobis." Select the most appropriate phrase out of the four options for filling the blank space in the aforesaid sentence.

From the passage: In Mann Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani;...

Which of the following is the closest description of the central argument of this passage:

From the passage: In recent weeks, the writers William Dalrymple and Patrick French, amo...

Which of the following statements is least likely to be inferred from the passage:

From the passage: In Mann Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani;...

According to this passage, Premchand and Mulk Raj Anand:

From the passage: In Mann Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani;...

The writer refers to the 'anti-reservation discourse' in order to argue that:

From the passage: In Mann Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani;...

Which of the following statements is least likely to be inferred from this passage:

From the passage: In Mann Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani;...

According to the information available in the passage, the writer attributes the prevalence of representation of Dalits by non-Dalits in literature, art and media to:

From the passage: In Mann Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani;...

Which of the following is not among the reasons suggested by the writer for engaging with Dalit writing?

From the passage: In Mann Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani;...

Which of the following statement cannot be inferred from the passage: