ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

GOTHIC LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which sentences place colons correctly?
A
One thought kept crossing Jen’s mind as Friday approached:“Please let this week be over.”
B
Thomas Jefferson famously stated that people’s unalienable rights included the following:life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
C
Ander’s family comes from two different cultures, his mother’s side of the family is Swedish:while his father’s side is Brazilian.
D
Please get these items:from the store, milk, eggs, and bread.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Jefferson took the phrase “pursuit of happiness” from Locke and incorporated it into his famous statement of a peoples’ inalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration of Independence.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” is a well-known phrase from the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the Declaration says have been given to all humans by their Creator, and which governments are created to protect.

Detailed explanation-4: -I believe this is what our founding fathers spoke of in our Declaration of Independence when they wrote: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

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