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GK QUESTION#990

The Booker Prize–winning novel that explores India's transition from colonial rule to independence, titled Midnight’s Children, was written by which author?

  1. AJhumpa Lahiri
  2. BSalman RushdieCorrect answer
  3. CVikram Seth
  4. DAmitav Ghosh
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B. Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie wrote Midnight’s Children, winner of the 1981 Booker Prize. Its protagonist, Saleem Sinai, is born at the moment of India’s independence, linking his life to the country’s modern history.

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