Answer: D) Arundhati Roy Explanation: Arundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to win the Man Booker Prize in the year 1997. An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize this evening for her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' a soaring story about a set of twins struggling to make sense of the world, themselves and their strange and difficult family in southern India.   Kiran Desai was the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize. Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. Man Booker Prize is one of the world's richest literary prizes.

Answer: D) 5/21 Explanation: Number of ways of (selecting at least two couples among five people selected) = (⁵C₂ x ⁶C₁) As remaining person can be any one among three couples left. Required probability = (⁵C₂ x ⁶C₁)/¹⁰C₅= (10 x 6)/252 = 5/21

Answer: D) 10 Explanation: Given nuber series is 15, 30, ? , 40, 8, 48  Here the number series follows a pattern that 15 15 x 2 = 30 30 ÷ 3 = 10 10 x 4 = 40 40 ÷ 5 = 8 8 x 6 = 48 Hence, the missing number in the series is 10.