Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (C) (ii) The most interesting part of the extract ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’ is its climax. Discuss. (2)

Answer: The climax is thrilling because Fogg, believing he has lost, discovers he has gained a day and wins at the last moment.

Delayed by his wrongful arrest at Liverpool, Fogg reaches London five minutes late by his own reckoning and believes he has lost the wager and his fortune. Next day, Passepartout, sent to arrange Fogg’s marriage to Aouda, discovers it is only Saturday. By travelling eastward they had gained a day. Fogg rushes to the Reform Club and enters just as the clock strikes 8.45, winning the bet. This sudden twist makes the climax exciting.