ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mowgli wala 7 year old boy who was raised by the wolf family
A
False
B
No
C
None of these
D
True
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Raised by wolves Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja ( c. 1946, Sierra Morena, Spain) lived for 12 years with wolves in the mountains of Southern Spain. He was discovered at age 19.

Detailed explanation-2: -The real Mowgli, not the sweet child that Kipling made him out to be, lived and existed around Jabalpur. He was a killer and a man-eater; legend says that he killed and ate more that 30 people around the village of Sant Bawadi (in present-day Madhya Pradesh).

Detailed explanation-3: -Dina Sanichar was raised by wolves in India’s Uttar Pradesh jungle until hunters found him in 1867 and brought him to an orphanage. He would later serve as Rudyard Kipling’s inspiration for the character of Mowgli.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mowgli, fictional character, an Indian boy raised by wolves who is the central figure in Rudyard Kipling’s collection of children’s stories included in The Jungle Book (1894) and its sequel (1895).

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