ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The main characters in the short story “The Mark of Vishnu” by Khushwant Singh are Gunga Ram and the four schoolboys. Gunga Ram is a servant in the household where the schoolboys live. The four brothers go to school and receive a formal education.

Detailed explanation-2: -He caught its two ends with a pair of forceps, dropped it in the jar, and quickly put the lid on. There was an absolute storm as it went round and round in the glass, tearing the decayed viper into shreds.” Gunga Ram shut his eyes in pious horror.

Detailed explanation-3: -Khushwant Singh weaves a story around the superstition and blind reverence towards the snakes. The servant Gunga Ram, though a Brahmin was illiterate and full of superstition. He believes in the trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, -the creator, the preserver and the destroyer. He is the devotee of Vishnu.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kala Nag, which means Black Snake, had served the Indian Government in every way that an elephant could serve it for forty-seven years, and as he was fully twenty years old when he was caught, that makes him nearly seventy–a ripe age for an elephant.