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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India’s first women novelist to write in English was ____
A
Amrita Pritam
B
Krupabai Satthianadan
C
Jhumpa Lahiri
D
Arundhati Roy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Devika. Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862–94) is today recognised widely as a pioneering Indian writer in English, the first Indian woman author of an autobiographical novel in English.

Detailed explanation-2: -Written 1, 000 years ago, the epic story of 11th-Century Japan, The Tale of Genji, was written by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman. Written 1, 000 years ago, the Japanese epic The Tale of Genji is often called the world’s first novel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rashsundari Devi was born in Eastern Bengal and was the first Indian woman to write an autobiography and the first Bengali to write an autobiography. Aamar Jiban (My Life), her autobiography, was published in 1876.

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