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Answer: (b)

Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. She is a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States. Her novel ‘The Inheritance of Loss, won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.

The Inheritance of Loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai. It was first published in 2006. It won a number of awards, including the Man Booker Prize for that year, the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award in 2007, and the 2006 Vodafone Crossword Book Award.

It was written over a period of seven years after her first book, the critically acclaimed Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Among its main themes are migration, living between two worlds, and between past and present.

Answer: (a)

A House for Mr Biswas has been authored by Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad “V. S.” Naipaul who is a Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Trinidadian heritage of Kanyakubja Brahmin known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire’s colonialism. He has also written works of non-fiction, such as travel writing and essays.

J. M. Coetzee, writing in The New York Review of Books in 2001, described Naipaul as “a master of modern English prose”.

In 2008, The Times ranked Naipaul seventh on their list of “the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.

Answer: (c)

‘The Kingdom of God Is Within You’ is a non-fiction book written by Leo Tolstoy. A philosophical treatise, the book was first published in Germany in 1894 after being banned in his home country of Russia. Gandhi cited the book as one of the most important modern influences in his life.

Answer: (a)

‘Imaging India: Ideas for the New Century’ is written by Nandan Nilekani. In this momentous book, Nandan Nilekani traces the central ideas that shaped India’s past and present and asks the key question of the future.

How will India as a global power avoid the mistakes of earlier development models? As a co-founder of Infosys, a global leader in information technology, Nilekani has actively participated in the company’s rise during the past twenty-seven years

Answer: (b)