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First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Many plays and films have depicted the life story of Gautama Buddha, but what made the musical play The Way Across unique was its regional focus. Directed by G. Kumara Swamy, the play adapted from the book Telangana lo Buddhism focused on the enlightenment of a cursed Brahmin Bawari and his 16 curious disciples willing to understand the deeper truths of birth, death, rebirth and brotherhood.

From the impressive use of projector visuals, music and shadow-play, there was every effort to lend authenticity to the theme. Despite the play's focus on Telangana, the native essence was compromised, due to the English rendition (done for a wider reach). The lines appeared jaded with literal translations. The honest performances from the crew impacted only on a surface-level. Kiran Kumar's Bawari act and Krishna Chaitanya Joshi as Pingiya (said to have propagated Buddhism from Telangana to several regions across South India) grab your attention.

Who directed the play, 'The Way Across'?

The approximate length of the coast line of India is

Which one of the following statements about India is not correct?

Which one of the following is not true about the powers of the Supreme Court?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Due to heavy monsoon showers, the water in the dam (rose another foot).

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The (needs) of the hour was to reform the entire banking system.

Which one of the following substances does not have a melting point