Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List I (Winner of Booker Prize) A. Arundhati Roy B. Kiran Desai C. Salman Rushdie D. D.V.S. Naipaul List II (Novel) 1. In a Free State 2. The God of Small Things 3. The White Tiger 4. The Inheritance of Loss 5. Midnight’s Children Code: A B C D

The Booker Prize is a prestigious literary award for fiction. Arundhati Roy won the prize in 1997 for her debut novel, 'The God of Small Things' [t1][t2]. Kiran Desai received the award in 2006 for 'The Inheritance of Loss', becoming the youngest woman at the time to win [t1][t3]. Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight’s Children' won in 1981 and was later honored as the 'Booker of Bookers' [t1][t9]. V.S. Naipaul won in 1971 for 'In a Free State' [t1][t5]. While 'The White Tiger' (Option 3) is a Booker-winning novel, it was written by Aravind Adiga in 2008, not the authors listed in the primary match [t2][t4]. Therefore, the correct mapping is A-2, B-4, C-5, and D-1.