Question 1
Who wrote the novel "The God of Small Things"?
- Arundhati Roy
- Kiran Desai
- Anita Desai
- Jhumpa Lahiri
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Arundhati Roy
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Question 2
Which Indian writer is known for stories set in the hill town of Dehradun and the character Rusty?
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Ruskin Bond
- R. K. Narayan
- Sudha Murty
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Ruskin Bond
Question 3
Who created the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi?
- Vikram Seth
- Raja Rao
- R. K. Narayan
- Khushwant Singh
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R. K. Narayan
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