Question

Who is the author of the novel ‘Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard’?
1. Mira Nair
2. Kiran Desai
3. Arundhati Roy
4. Anita Desai

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Kiran Desai

The correct answer is Kiran Desai.

• Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a novel by Kiran Desai published in 1998.
• It is her first book and won the top prize for the Betty Trask Awards in 1998.
• Kiran Desai is an Indian author and her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss' won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.
• She was awarded a 2013 Berlin Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin.

Authors	Famous Novels/Films
Mira Nair	The Namesake, Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bombay, Mississippi Masalaa, etc. (Films).
Arundhati Roy	The God of Small Things (Booker Prize - 1997), The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Walking with the Comrades, etc. (Novels)
Anita Desai	Fire on the Mountain, In Custody, Fasting, Feasting, Clear Light of the Day, etc. (Novels).