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UPPSC 2012 GS-1 Current Affairs
Question

In January 2012 the second DSC Prize for South Asian Literature was awarded to:

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Option D: Shehan Karunatilaka

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The correct answer is “Shehan Karunatilaka”.
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the second DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in January 2012 for his book Chinaman.

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