Which among the following is correct in the context of R. K Narayan?
A) His The Guide is an open-ended novel.
B) Most of the characters of his novels are from elite section of society.
C) He wrote a short story titled “The Martyr’s Corner.”
D) He received the Booker’s prize for his novel The Vendor of Sweets.
E) Malgudi is a real-life city in KarnatakA)
Choose the correct option given below:

The correct option is A and C.

Let us analyze each statement to understand why this option is correct:
Statement A: "His The Guide is an open-ended novel."
This statement is correct. R. K. Narayan's famous novel The Guide (1958) ends on an ambiguous, open-ended note. The protagonist, Raju, is fasting to bring rain to a drought-stricken village. In the final scene, as he collapses, he says he feels the rain coming in the hills, but the novel leaves it to the reader to decide whether it actually rains and whether Raju dies or survives as a redeemed saint.

Statement B: "Most of the characters of his novels are from elite section of society."
This statement is incorrect. R. K. Narayan is celebrated for depicting the lives of ordinary, middle-class, and lower-middle-class individuals in his fictional town of Malgudi. His characters are typical small-town residents like schoolteachers, clerks, vendors, printers, and guides, rather than members of the elite social classes.

Statement C: "He wrote a short story titled “The Martyr’s Corner.”"
This statement is correct. "The Martyr’s Corner" is a well-known short story by R. K. Narayan. It follows Rama, a street vendor who sells delicious food at a specific corner, and details how his livelihood is disrupted when that corner becomes the site of a violent clash and is subsequently declared a memorial (martyr's corner).

Statement D: "He received the Booker’s prize for his novel The Vendor of Sweets."
This statement is incorrect. R. K. Narayan did not win the Booker Prize for The Vendor of Sweets or any other novel. He was, however, awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for The Guide in 1960.

Statement E: "Malgudi is a real-life city in Karnataka."
This statement is incorrect. Malgudi is a completely fictional, imaginary town created by R. K. Narayan as the setting for almost all of his novels and short stories. It is not a real-life city, although it is portrayed as being located in South India.

Therefore, since only statements A and C are correct, the correct choice is A and C.