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UPSC 2007 · Q9 · Art & Culture › Cultural Institutions & Awards · Save

The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which one of the following?

(a) Environmental protection
(b) Civil aviation
(c) Journalism
(d) Olympic Games
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Answer: (c) Journalism
UPSC 2007 · Q11 · Art & Culture › Cultural Institutions & Awards · Save

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

  1. Music composer
  2. Poet and litterateur
  3. Theatre director
  4. Wildlife film-maker

List-I (Eminent Person) A. Bhanu Bharti B. Mike Pandey C. Mohd. Zafar Khayyam D. Vinda Karandikar

List-II (Known as)

Codes:

(a) A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2
(b) A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4
(c) A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
(d) A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
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Answer: (d) A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
UPSC 2007 · Q13 · Art & Culture › Cultural Institutions & Awards · Save

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

  1. The Siege of Krishnapur
  2. In a Free State
  3. Midnight's Children
  4. Staying On

List-I (Writer) A. V. S. Naipaul B. Salman Rushdie C. Paul Scott D. J. G. Farrell

List-II (Book)

Codes:

(a) A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3
(b) A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
(c) A-3 B-1 C-2 D-4
(d) A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
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Answer: (d) A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
UPSC 2007 · Q28 · Art & Culture › Cultural Institutions & Awards · Save

For which one of the following books did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker Prize 2006?

(a) The Secret River
(b) In the Country of Men
(c) The Inheritance of Loss
(d) Mother's Milk
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Answer: (c) The Inheritance of Loss