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- Question
First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?
Options- A. Kiran Desai
- B. V.S. Naipaul
- C. Salman Rushdie
- D. Arundhati Roy
- Correct Answer
- Arundhati Roy
ExplanationArundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to win the Man Booker Prize in the year 1997.
An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize this evening for her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' a soaring story about a set of twins struggling to make sense of the world, themselves and their strange and difficult family in southern India.
Kiran Desai was the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.
Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. Man Booker Prize is one of the world's richest literary prizes.
- 1. Who won the 1993 "King of the Ring"?
Options- A. Owen Hart
- B. Bret Hart
- C. Edge
- D. Mabel Discuss
- 2. Permanent hardness of water can be removed by adding
Options- A. chlorine
- B. washing soda
- C. potassium permanganate
- D. bleaching powder Discuss
- 3. The largest city in Latin America is
Options- A. Mexico city
- B. Caracas
- C. Rio-de-Janeiro
- D. Buenos Aires Discuss
- 4. The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at
Options- A. Minsk in Byelorussia
- B. Moscow in Russia
- C. Kiev in Ukraine
- D. Kistiner in Moldavia Discuss
- 5. Besides UK, USA, Germany and Japan the G-7 countries includes
Options- A. Canada, France and Russia
- B. Canada, Italy and Netherlands
- C. France, Netherlands and Russia
- D. Canada, France and Italy Discuss
- 6. The office of the UN General Assembly is in
Options- A. Vienna
- B. New York
- C. Paris
- D. Zurich Discuss
- 7. The major ingredient of leather is
Options- A. collagen
- B. carbohydrate
- C. polymer
- D. nucleic acid Discuss
- 8. Light year is a unit of
Options- A. time
- B. distance
- C. light
- D. intensity of light Discuss
- 9. India first won the Olympic Hockey gold at
Options- A. London
- B. Rome
- C. Berlin
- D. Amsterdam Discuss
- 10. O2 released in the process of photosynthesis comes from
Options- A. CO2
- B. water
- C. sugar
- D. pyruvic acid Discuss
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Correct Answer: Bret Hart
Explanation:
Bret hart defeated Razor Ramon, Mr. Perfect and the late Bam Bam Bigelow. Jerry Lawer would attack Bret after the match saying he was the only king in wrestling.
Correct Answer: washing soda
Correct Answer: Mexico city
Correct Answer: Minsk in Byelorussia
Correct Answer: Canada, France and Italy
Correct Answer: New York
Correct Answer: collagen
Correct Answer: distance
Correct Answer: Amsterdam
Correct Answer: water
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