ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ASIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is a collection of stories of which “Alladin", “Sinbad” and “Alibaba” are perhaps best known to Western readers.
A
Men In The Sun
B
Zaynab
C
Arabian Nights
D
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Of all the tales of “The Arabian Nights, ” or the “Thousand and One Nights” those of the seven voyages of Sindbad the Sailor are perhaps the most familiar to people around the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -1001 Arabian Nights: The Story of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp / The History of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves / The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.

Detailed explanation-3: -The story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is, after the tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (of which more below), the best-known of the Arabian Nights stories.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aladdin is only one of 1, 001 tales. Aladdin is part of a centuries-old stories-within-a-story called The Thousand and One Nights (also called The Arabian Nights). The heroine, Scherherazade, is married to a murderous king, who kills his new wives one day after wedding them.

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