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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 44

Contemporary Literary Cultures and Research Methodologies · Literary Cultures: Major literary awards and prizes, literary festivals, associations and networks · 1 mark · Multiple select

Which of the following is/are winner(s) of the Booker Prize/Man Booker Prize for fiction?

  1. Arundhati Roy
  2. Amitav Ghosh
  3. Kiran Desai
  4. Anita Desai

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Correct answer: (A) Arundhati Roy; (C) Kiran Desai

Explanation

Arundhati Roy won in 1997 (The God of Small Things) and Kiran Desai in 2006 (The Inheritance of Loss). Amitav Ghosh and Anita Desai were shortlisted or nominated but did not win.