ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the moral of The North Wind & The Sun?
A
Don’t go outside on windy days.
B
It’s better to be kind than to act tough.
C
It’s better to stay silent than to argue.
D
The sun is better than the wind.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The moral of this fable, and there’s always a moral, is that gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail.

Detailed explanation-2: -The moral of the story is that God helps those who help themselves. 2. What happened to the boy and the girl? The girl and the boy were both blessed with powers and the boy became the sun and the girl became the moon.

Detailed explanation-3: -Attempt not impossibilities. Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease. Avoid even appearances of danger.Be not hasty to envy the condition of others.Be not in haste to believe what is said in anger or thoughtlessness. Because we are like the great in one respect, we must not think we are like them in all.

Detailed explanation-4: -A dispute arose between the North Wind and the Sun, each claiming that he was stronger than the other. At last they agreed to try their powers upon a traveller, to see which could soonest strip him of his cloak.

Detailed explanation-5: -The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. The North Wind and the Sun agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other.

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