CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the author of the story “The Midnight Visitor”?
A
James Herriot
B
Ruskin Bond
C
Robert Arthur
D
Victor Canning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Midnight visitor is a detective story and its writer is Robert Arthur.

Detailed explanation-2: -About the Author Robert Arthur Jr. was an American writer of mystery and speculative fiction. His fame rests on ‘The Mysterious Traveller’ radio series and his ‘Three Investigators’ series of novels. His stories were published in many magazines between 1930 and 1940.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Midnight Visitor Class 10 is a story about the clever secret agent Ausable. He was accompanied by his friend Fowler who was a writer. They decided to spend the evening together. Ausable appeared to Fowler exactly the opposite he thought about him.

Detailed explanation-4: -Our Midnight Visitor is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in Temple Bar magazine in february 1891.

Detailed explanation-5: -The story highlights the theme that wisdom is more powerful than other weapons. Ausable’s intelligence is highlighted in the story. It is also based on the theme that one should not judge a person by merely his appearance. Ausable is fat and lazy but he is the most intelligent of all in the story.

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