Multiple choice softskills creativity

Name the Indian novelist whose novel "The Inheritance of Loss" won the 2006 Man Booker Prize.

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri

  2. Kiran Desai

  3. Arundhuti Roy

  4. Anita Desai
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Explanation

Kiran Desai won the 2006 Man Booker Prize for 'The Inheritance of Loss', a novel set in the Himalayas. Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer, not the Booker. Arundhati Roy (note spelling typo in option) won the 1997 Booker for 'God of Small Things'. Anita Desai is Kiran's mother but has not won the Booker Prize.

AI explanation

Kiran Desai won the 2006 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss', a story set partly in Kalimpong exploring themes of colonialism, immigration, and class. She was, at the time, the youngest woman to win the prize. The other options are real Indian-origin novelists but did not win for this book: Jhumpa Lahiri is known for 'The Namesake' and won a Pulitzer (not Booker) for 'Interpreter of Maladies'; Arundhati Roy won the Booker in 1997 for 'The God of Small Things', not 2006; Anita Desai (Kiran's mother) was shortlisted for the Booker multiple times (including in 1999) but never won it. Kiran Desai is the correct, factually verified answer.

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