General Awareness: India: UPSC Previous Year Questions (General Knowledge)
11 previous year UPSC Prelims questions on General Awareness: India (General Knowledge). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
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UPSC 2007General Knowledge · General Awareness: India
Q11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Writer)
List-II (Book)
A. V S Naipaul
1. The Siege of Krishnapur
B. Salman Rushdie
2. In a Free State
C. Paul Scott
3. Midnight’s Children
D. J G Farrell
4. Staying On
Explanation
V. S. Naipaul - Trinidadian-British writer; In a Free State (1971) won the Booker Prize; explored themes of colonialism and identity; Nobel Laureate (2001). Salman Rushdie - Indian-born British author; Midnight’s Children (1981) won the Booker Prize and Booker of Bookers; a landmark in magical realism. Paul Scott - British novelist; Staying On (1977) won the Booker Prize; a sequel to The Raj Quartet, depicting British India’s decline. J. G. Farrell - Anglo-Irish writer; The Siege of Krishnapur (1973) won the Booker Prize; a historical novel on the 1857 Indian Rebellion.
Answer key for these questions
Q
UPSC year
Correct answer
11
2007
(a) A-2; B-3; C-4; D-1
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This page covers 11 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on General Awareness: India (General Knowledge), asked from 1996 to 2009. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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