ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Gulliver made ____ voyages in the Gulliver’s Travels
A
4
B
3
C
6
D
5
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the novel Gulliver’s travels, Gulliver goes on four voyages which are preceded by a storm in which lead him to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and Houyhnhnms.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the fourth voyage, Gulliver travels to the land of Houyhnhnms, who are horses gifted with a reason. Their coherent, clean, and trouble-free society is contrasted with the foulness and brutality of the Yahoos, who are beasts in human shape. Gulliver manages to unwillingly come to recognize their human vices.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gulliver’s Travels is a first-person narrative that is told from the point of view of Lemuel Gulliver, a surgeon and sea captain who visits remote regions of the world, and it describes four adventures.

Detailed explanation-4: -Summary: Chapter IV After regaining his freedom, Gulliver goes to Mildendo, the capital city of the Lilliputians. The residents are told to stay indoors, and they all sit on their roofs and in their garret windows to see him. The town is 500 feet square with a wall surrounding it, and can hold 500, 000 people.

Detailed explanation-5: -1.1 Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput. 1.2 Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag. 1.3 Part III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan. 1.4 Part IV: A Voyage to the Land of the Houyhnhnms.

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