Which of the following are the leading characters in the novels written by Mulk Raj Anand?
A) Munoo
B) Bakha
C) Sampath
D) Gangu
E) Dopdi
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is A, B and D only.

To understand why this is the correct choice, let us examine the characters mentioned in the options and identify the novels they belong to, along with their respective authors:

A) Munoo: Munoo is the central protagonist of the famous novel Untouchable's successor, Coolie (1936), written by Mulk Raj Anand. He is a young hill boy who faces severe exploitation in various parts of India.
B) Bakha: Bakha is the protagonist of Mulk Raj Anand's landmark debut novel, Untouchable (1935). He is a young sweeper who experiences the harsh realities of the caste system and untouchability in India over the course of a single day.
C) Sampath: Sampath Chawla is the main character in the novel Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998), which was written by Kiran Desai, not Mulk Raj Anand.
D) Gangu: Gangu is the protagonist of the novel Two Leaves and a Bud (1937), written by Mulk Raj Anand. He is a middle-aged peasant who migrates to a tea plantation in Assam in search of a better life, only to encounter brutal exploitation.
E) Dopdi: Dopdi (Draupadi) is the central tribal character in the short story "Draupadi", written by Mahasweta Devi, not Mulk Raj Anand.

Since Munoo (A), Bakha (B), and Gangu (D) are leading characters in novels written by Mulk Raj Anand, while Sampath (C) and Dopdi (E) are not, the correct combination of characters is A, B, and D only.