urdu MCQ #10062

Manto's story "Toba Tek Singh" depicts a Sikh man, Bishan Singh, who refuses to leave a mental asylum and dies on no-man's land between India and Pakistan. A student analyzing this work identifies the asylum as a metaphor. What narrative technique is Manto using?

urdu MCQ #10062

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Manto's story "Toba Tek Singh" depicts a Sikh man, Bishan Singh, who refuses to leave a mental asylum and dies on no-man's land between India and Pakistan. A student analyzing this work identifies the asylum as a metaphor. What narrative technique is Manto using?

    • A) Allegory — the asylum represents the absurdity of Partition itself
    • B) Stream of consciousness — the asylum mirrors inner psychological states
    • C) Magic realism — impossible events occur naturally within the narrative
    • D) Epistolary narration — events are revealed through letters between inmates

    Answer: Allegory — the asylum represents the absurdity of Partition itself

    Explanation: In "Toba Tek Singh," Manto uses the mental asylum as an allegory for the absurdity and inhumanity of Partition — the inmates' confusion mirrors the senselessness of dividing people by religion.