Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (C) (II) Explain the significance of the statement ‘You have made a mistake of one day!’ in giving a justifiable ending in ‘Around the World in Eighty Days.’ (2)

Answer: The statement reveals that Fogg had actually reached London a day early, because travelling eastward he had gained a full day; it turns apparent defeat into victory and gives the novel a happy, logical ending.

Fogg believed he had arrived five minutes late and had lost the wager. On what he thought was Sunday, Passepartout went to arrange Fogg’s marriage with Aouda and discovered it was only Saturday. He rushed back crying, “You have made a mistake of one day!” Travelling eastward around the globe, they had moved towards the sun and gained four minutes for every degree of longitude — a full day in all. Fogg hurried to the Reform Club and arrived just before 8.45 p.m., winning the bet. The surprise is scientifically justified, and Fogg also wins Aouda’s hand.