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Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions 1-4: 'A Passage to India', published in 1924, was E. M. Forster's first novel in fourteen years, and the last novel he wrote. Subtle and rich in symbolism, the novel works on several levels. On the surface, it is about India" which at the time was a colonial possession of Britain and about the relations between British and Indian people in the country. It is also about the necessity of friendship, and about the difficulty of establishing friendship across cultural boundaries. On a more symbolic level, the novel also addresses questions of faith (both religious faith and faith in social conventions). Forster' narrative centers on Dr. Aziz, a young Indian physician a hose attempt to establish friendships with several British characters has disastrous consequences. When 'A Passage to India' appeared in 1924, it was raised by reviewers in a number of important British and American literary journals. Despite some criticism that Forster had depicted the British unfairly, the book was popular with readers in both Britain and the United States. The year after publication, the novel received two prestigious literary awards" the James Tait Black Memorial Prize the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse. More than seventy years later, it remains highly regarded. In a survey of readers conducted by Waterstone's Book store and Channel 4 television in Britain at the end 1996, it was vote as one of the "100 Greatest Books of the of the Century."

Which one of the Following literary awards the novel received?

A)  The Tagore Memorial Prize

B)  Booker Prize

C)  The James Tait Black Memorial Prize

D)  All of these

E)  None of these