Q. With reference to the Booker Prize, consider the following statements:
1.It is given to the best sustained work of fiction written in any of official languages of United Nations.
2.It was first awarded in 1969 to promote reading and literary excellence.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
Explanation: 2 only
Statement 1 is incorrect: Each year, the Booker prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best sustained work of fiction written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Statement 2 is correct: The Booker Prize was first awarded in 1969 to promote reading and literary excellence.
Source: TH
