Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize in 1997 for which novel?
- A.The Inheritance of Loss
- B.The God of Small Things
- C.Midnight's Children
- D.The White Tiger
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is B, The God of Small Things. Arundhati Roy's first novel, set in Ayemenem in Kerala and built around a pair of twins, won the Booker Prize in 1997, and she was the first Indian woman and the first writer living in India to win it.
Option A, The Inheritance of Loss, won the Booker for Kiran Desai in 2006; she is the daughter of the novelist Anita Desai, who was shortlisted three times without winning. Option C, Midnight's Children, won the Booker for Salman Rushdie in 1981 and later won the Booker of Bookers as the best winner of the prize's first twenty-five years. Option D, The White Tiger, won the Booker for Aravind Adiga in 2008. All four are genuine Booker winning novels by writers of Indian origin, so the question is purely about matching the book to its author, and the four together answer most Booker questions.
Read the full article: Literary Awards of India: Full List for Exams
Practice Questions
View allThe Vyas Samman, started in 1991 is given for 'outstanding literary work' in ______.
- A.Rajasthani
- B.Hindi
- C.Sanskrit
- D.Konkani
Show answer
The Vyas Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation and is given for an outstanding literary work in Hindi published in the previous ten years.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was awarded the 55th Jnanpith Award?
- A.Amitav Ghosh
- B.Raghuveer Chaudhari
- C.Chandrashekhara Kambara
- D.Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
Show answer
The Malayalam poet, known simply as Akkitham, received the 55th Jnanpith Award, given for the year 2019. The Jnanpith is instituted by Bharatiya Jnanpith and is regarded as the highest literary award in India.
Read the full explanation →The Saraswati Samman is given by which of the following organisations?
- A.Sahitya Akademi
- B.Bharatiya Jnanpith
- C.K. K. Birla Foundation
- D.Ministry of Culture
Show answer
The foundation instituted the Saraswati Samman in 1991 for an outstanding literary work in any of the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, published in the previous ten years, and the award carries the largest cash prize of any Indian literary honour.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first recipient of the Saraswati Samman?
- A.Harivansh Rai Bachchan
- B.Ram Vilas Sharma
- C.Vijay Tendulkar
- D.Kaifi Azmi
Show answer
The Hindi poet of the Chhayavaad and Halavaad periods, best known for Madhushala, received the first Saraswati Samman in 1991 for his autobiography written in four volumes.
Read the full explanation →The Moortidevi Award is given by which organisation?
- A.Sahitya Akademi
- B.Bharatiya Jnanpith
- C.K. K. Birla Foundation
- D.Government of Madhya Pradesh
Show answer
The trust that gives the Jnanpith Award instituted the Moortidevi Award in 1983 for a creative work that carries the spirit of Indian philosophy and culture, and the work may be in any of the languages of the Eighth Schedule or in English.
Read the full explanation →