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  1. Who was the first woman to win the Man Booker Prize?
  2. A.
    Bernice Rubens
    B.
    Iris Murdoch
    C.
    Anita Brookner
    D.
    None of the above

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  3. In which year Kiran Desai won Booker Prize?
  4. A.
    2004
    B.
    2005
    C.
    2006
    D.
    2007

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  5. Name the author of the book A Passage to England:
  6. A.
    Vikram Seth
    B.
    Eric Segal
    C.
    E.M. Forster
    D.
    Nirad C. Choudhury

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  7. The book "The God of small things is written by:
  8. A.
    Arundhati Roy
    B.
    Sobha De
    C.
    Pupul Jayakar
    D.
    Shekhar Kapoor

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  9. In which one of the following animals is skin a respiratory organ?
  10. A.
    frog
    B.
    shark
    C.
    whale
    D.
    cockroach

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  11. Which one of the following is a vitamin?
  12. A.
    Citric acid
    B.
    Folic acid
    C.
    Glutamic acid
    D.
    Lonoleic acid

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  13. The blue green algae are
  14. A.
    photoautotrophs
    B.
    chemoautotrophs
    C.
    photoheterotrophs
    D.
    chemoheterotrophs

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  15. Which soil is rich in organic debris?
  16. A.
    loam soil
    B.
    humus soil
    C.
    saprophyte
    D.
    none of these

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  17. 'In Custody', an English novel is written by which one of the following?
  18. A.
    Anita Desai
    B.
    Vikram Seth
    C.
    Shoba De
    D.
    V.S. Naipaul

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  19. Who wrote the book 'The Prince'?
  20. A.
    Bernard Shaw
    B.
    Niccolo Machiaveli
    C.
    V.S. Sharma
    D.
    Emile Zola

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