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UPSC 2005: Consider the following statements: 1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to citizens of any of the countries of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. 2. A leading London-based software company underwrites the Man Booker Prize presently. 3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in the year 2004 is a South Asian. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)1 and 3
(c)2 and 3
(d)1, 2 and 3
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Until its 2013 rule change, the Man Booker Prize was open only to citizens of the Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe, so statement 1 is correct. The prize was (2002-2019) sponsored by Man Group plc, a London-based investment-management (hedge-fund) firm, not a software company—so statement 2 is wrong. The 2004 prize went to British author Alan Hollinghurst for ‘The Line of Beauty’, so the winner was not South Asian, making statement 3 wrong. Thus only statement 1 is correct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Group?utm_source=openai))
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