SSC CPO 2023 PYQ — Question 59

SSC CPO - 04 Oct 2023 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q59

Which of the following books has been written by the Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. The Inheritance of Loss.

The Booker Prize-winning book written by Kiran Desai is "The Inheritance of Loss". Published in 2006, it won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction that year. The novel delves into themes of displacement, identity, and the impact of colonialism, set against the backdrop of the Indian Himalayas and the lives of its characters dealing with the effects of global change.