Question

Which one of the following books was not written by R. K. Narayan?

1. The Man-Eater of Malgudi
2. Swami and Friends
3. Midnight's Children
4. The Vendor of Sweets

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Midnight's Children

The correct answer is Midnight's Children.

• Midnight's Children was not written by R. K. Narayan.

• Midnight's Children was written by Salman Rushdie in the year 1981.
  • It is a novel that narrates the story of a child who was born at midnight on 15th August 1947, just at a time when India is achieving Independence from centuries of foreign British colonial rule.
  • Salman Rushdie won the Man Booker Prize in the year 1993.
• The notable writings of R. K. Narayan include Malgudi Days, The Man-Eater of Malgudi, The Guide, Swami and Friends and The Vendor of Sweets.
  • ​His book The Guide bagged him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958.​

• Man Booker Prize
  • The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel originally written in English and published in the UK in the year of the prize, regardless of the nationality of their author.
  • The novel must be an original work in English and not a translation and must not be self-published.
  • Prior to 2014, eligibility for the award was restricted to citizens of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.
• Sahitya Akademi Award:
  • It is a literary honour in India instituted in 1954, by which Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in twenty-four major Indian languages.