Multiple choice general knowledge

Who was the author of 'Heat And Dust'?

  1. Nayantara Sehgal

  2. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

  3. Anita Desai

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Explanation

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a British-American novelist, wrote 'Heat and Dust' in 1975, which won the Booker Prize. The novel explores British-Indian relations through two parallel narratives set in colonial and post-colonial India. Nayantara Sehgal, Anita Desai, and Arundhati Roy are all celebrated Indian authors but did not write this particular novel.

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