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SSC MTS 2019 PYQ — Question 39

SSC MTS Previous Year - 07 August 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q39

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Arundhati Roy is the recipient of which of the following International awards?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Man Booker Prize.

Man Booker Prize:

  • It is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom.
  • Established: 1969
  • Presented by: Man Group Ltd

Arundhati Roy:
  • She is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.
  • She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.