Question

What is common about the novels Parthiban Kanavu, Sivagamiyin Sabadham, Ponniyin Selvan?
$1.$ They are written by Kalki Krishnamurthy.
$2.$ They are all historic novels.
$3.$ They are written in Tamil.

• A. $1$ and $2$ are correct
• B. $2$ and $3$ are correct
• C. All are correct
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C All are correct

Kalki Krishnamurthy (September 9, 1899-December 5, 1954) was born in Thanjavur district in an orthodox Brahmin family. He participated in the non-cooperation movement that was launched by Gandhi and later joined the Indian National Congress. For his novel Alai Osai he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously. In his weekly, he wrote under the pen names of "Kalki", "Ra. Ki", "Tamil Theni", "Karnatakam" and many more.