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Monday, June 22, 2009
Quiz on Books and Authors: Booker prize
1.Consider following writers
i) Arvind Adiga
ii) Salman Rushdie
iii)Arundhati Roy
Arrange these writers in chronological order of receiving "BOOKER" prize.
a. ii, iii, i,
b. ii ,i ,iii,
c. iii, ii, i,
d. i, ii, iii
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2.consider following statements about V.S.Naipul
i. He got Booker prize for his work "In a Free State" .
ii. He never got Nobel prize.
Among these correct statement are
a. i only
b. ii only
c. Both
d. None
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3. For which book Kiran Desai got booker prize in 2006?
a.Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard,
b.The Inheritance of Loss,
c. Life of Pi,
d. The Gathering
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4. Pick the incorrect one?
a. Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses,
b. V.S.Naipul-A Bend in the River,
c. Tarkash-Javed Akhtar,
d. Unhappy India - Mahatma Gandhi
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5. Consider following statements
i) Salman Rushdie bagged Booker prize for his book "Midnight's Children".
ii)For same book he received Bookers of Booker.
Among these TRUE are
a) i only
b) ii, only
c) Both
d) None
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last question answer link not working
ReplyDeleteI am checking the problem and happening in this particular question only....anyways answer for 5th question is
ReplyDeletec.Both. Midnight's Children won Booker prize in 1981 and Bookers of Booker in 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 40th anniversary