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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 34

SSC MTS - 15 July 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q34

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Which of the following novels is based on the Member of Parliament (India), Phoolan devi, and written by the author Roy Moxham?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The  correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Outlaw: India’s Bandit Queen and Me.

  • In June 1992, author Roy Moxham did a very strange thing: he wrote to a bandit in an Indian jail.
  • Phoolan Devi was the controversial and charismatic 'Bandit Queen' hailed as a modern-day Robin Hood in the villages surrounding Delhi.
  • In revenge for her own gang rape, her followers killed 20 high-caste Indians, which led to her surrender and imprisonment.