Awards (Part-VI)

11. The 1997 Booker Prize for the novel 'The God of Small Things' has been given to : [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1997]

(a) Salman Rushdie
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Bindeshwari Pathak
(d) Manmohan Singh

Correct Answer: (b) Arundhati Roy

12. Who among the following has been nominated for the prestigious Man Booker International Award for the year 2011? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

(a) Alice Munro
(b) Chinua Achebe
(c) Ismail Qadri
(d) Philip Roth

Correct Answer: (d) Philip Roth

Solution:Among the choices given Philip Roth of America was given the 2011 Man Booker International Award. While others have received this honour in prior years. The International Man Booker Prize for the year 2019 was presented to 'Omanian' writer Jokha-al-Harthi's novel 'Celestial Bodies'. '"Tomb of Sand', written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockweell has won the 2022 International Booker Prize for translated fiction. For 2023, Georgi Gospodinov's book 'Shelter' won this award.

13. Kiran Desai received the Man Booker Award 2006 for which of the following books? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]

(a) The Secret river
(b) In the Country of Men
(c) The Inheritance of loss
(d) Mother's Milk

Correct Answer: (c) The Inheritance of loss

14. The Man Booker Prize of 2011 has been awarded to Julian Banni for which of his books? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]

(a) Arthur and George
(b) England, England
(c) Flowers Parrot
(d) The Sense of an Ending

Correct Answer: (d) The Sense of an Ending

15. The winner of the Booker Prize of the year 2008 was: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Arvind Adiga
(c) Kiran Desai
(d) Sebastian Barry

Correct Answer: (b) Arvind Adiga

16. Who received the Booker Award of 2008? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) Arvind Adiga
(b) Aruna Rai
(c) Rajendra Singh
(d) Medha Patkar

Correct Answer: (a) Arvind Adiga

17. Who is the winner of Booker Prize in the year 2008? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Indra Sinha
(b) Kiran Desai
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Arvind Adiga

Correct Answer: (d) Arvind Adiga

18. The winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize is : [U.P.P.C.S (Mains) 2011]

(a) Julian Barnes
(b) Howard Jacobson
(c) Peter Carey
(d) Tom McCarthy

Correct Answer: (a) Julian Barnes

19. Who was the winner of Booker Prize 2010? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Howard Jacobson
(b) J.M. Koetji
(c) Peter Carey
(d) Tom McCarthy

Correct Answer: (a) Howard Jacobson

20. The Booker Prize of the year 2009 has been awarded to: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

(a) Simon Mower
(b) Sarah Waters
(c) Hilary Mantel
(d) Adam Foulds

Correct Answer: (c) Hilary Mantel