877: Consider the following statements:
1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to citizen of any of the countries of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
2. A leading London-based software company underwrites the Man Booker Prize presently.
3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in year 2004 is a South Asian.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
879: Persons below the poverty line in India are classified as such based on whether
(a) they are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket
(b) they get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year
(c) they belong to agricultural labourer household and the scheduled caste/tribe social group
(d) their daily wages fall below the prescribed minimum wages
880: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I List II
(Writers) (Books)
I. Sashi Tharoor (A) Clear Light of Day
II. Amitav Ghosh (B) Circle of Reason
III. Anita Desai (C) Love and Longing in Bombay
IV. Vikram Chandra (D) Show Business
Codes:
(a) I-D, II-B, III-A, IV-C
(b) I-D, II-B, III-C, IV-A
(c) I-B, II-D, III-A, IV-C
(d) I-B, II-D, III-C, IV-A