1) Who amongst the following authors of Indian origin did not get the Booker Prize?
1) Kiran Desai 2)Arundhati Roy 3) Jeet Thayil 4) Salman Rushdie 5) Arvind Aduga 6)Anita Desai
The answer is 5) Anita Desai: She was thrice nominated for the Booker Prize. 3) Jeet Thayil: He was nominated for the Man Booker Prize.
2) Which of the following writings by Virginia Woolf are not fiction? a) Mrs Dalloway b) A room of one's own c) To the Lighthouse d) Three Guineas e) The Waves
The answer is (b) and (d). "A Room..." has the famous Judith Shakespeare reference to prove how patriarchy ruins women's undeniable talent. "Three Guineas" blasts fascism and war-mongering in addition to her feminist critique.
3) Marginalia refers to a) maniculae in the margins of a text b) embellishments in the margins of a text c) annotations in the margins of a text d) an editing tool. Which of the options is wrong?
The correct answer is (d). 'Marginalia' is not an editing tool.
Pratima Agnihotri Pune
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