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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

This year’s Booker prize winner was The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. But which pop star gave a touching keynote address at the ceremony?

A	Taylor Swift
B	Dua Lipa
C	Jarvis Cocker
D	David Van Day

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Shehan Karunatilaka’s second novel won the Booker Prize in 2022. It is a searing, mordantly funny satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shehan Karunatilaka is one of the best writers in Sri Lanka and apart from his novels, he has also written songs, screenplays, and travel stories. The Sri Lankan author, started thinking about it in 2009 after the end of the civil war.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arundhati Roy became the first Indian citizen to win the Booker Prize. ‘God of Small Things’ book won her a booker prize in 1997. Booker prize is awarded each year for the best novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Detailed explanation-4: -Arundhati Roy is the first Indian Citizen to win the Booker Prize.

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