Which of the following fables is attributed to Aesop?
- A.The Tortoise and the Hare
- B.The Blue Jackal
- C.The Monkey and the Crocodile
- D.The Talkative Tortoise
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, The Tortoise and the Hare. The race in which the slow tortoise beats the overconfident hare is one of the best known fables attributed to Aesop of ancient Greece, along with the fox and the grapes, the boy who cried wolf and the lion and the mouse. Option B, The Blue Jackal, is a Panchatantra story in which a jackal that falls into a vat of dye passes himself off as a king of the forest until his howl betrays him. Option C, The Monkey and the Crocodile, is also from the Panchatantra, in which a monkey saves himself by telling the crocodile that he has left his heart on the tree. Option D, The Talkative Tortoise, is a Jataka tale about a tortoise that falls to its death because it cannot keep its mouth shut while being carried by birds. Knowing which collection a story belongs to is the real test here.
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Practice Questions
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- B.Vishnu Sharma
- C.Somadeva
- D.Kalidasa
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- B.the exploits of King Vikramaditya
- C.the adventures of the Pandavas
- D.the childhood of Mahavira
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- A.Kalila wa Dimna
- B.Alf Layla wa Layla
- C.Kitab al-Hind
- D.Shahnama
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- B.Hans Christian Andersen
- C.Lewis Carroll
- D.Rudyard Kipling
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- C.Roald Dahl
- D.Kenneth Grahame
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