Q: 114 (IAS/2004)
question_subject:
General Knowledge
question_exam:
IAS
stats:
0,10,10,4,10,5,1
keywords:
{'booker prize': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'margaret atwood': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'authors': [0, 1, 4, 1], 'graham swift': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'ian mcewan': [0, 0, 1, 0]}
The correct answer to the question "Who among the listed authors won the Booker Prize twice?" is J.M. Coetzee. He received this prestigious award in 1983 for "Life & Times of Michael K" and again in 1999 for "Disgrace".
Option 1, Margaret Atwood, while a renowned author and a Booker Prize winner herself for "The Blind Assassin" in 2000, has not won the prize twice.
Option 3, Graham Swift, won the Booker Prize once in 1996 for his novel "Last Orders", but not two times.
Option 4, Ian McEwan, despite his noteworthy contribution to literature and nomination for the award multiple times, has actually won the Booker prize only once, for his novel "Amsterdam" in 1998.