Question

What is called for meaningless stories and chat?
1. Fable
2. Short Stories
3. New Stories
4. hearsay

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : hearsay

The correct answer is 'hearsay'.

• 'Hearsay' means- unverified, unofficial information gained or acquired from another and not part of one's direct knowledge. (अफ़वाह)
  • Example-
    • I don't believe it; it's merely hearsay.
    • Her judgments are based on hearsay rather than evidence.
• Hence, the most appropriate answer is option 4. 
• Let us look at the meanings of the other options:

• WORD	MEANING	HINDI MEANING
  Fable	Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim or saying.	कल्पित कहानी
  Short stories	a piece of writing that is shorter than a novel	कहानी; लघु कथा (उपन्‍यास से छोटी कथा-रचना)
  New stories	a fresh, latest story or a description of people and events that are not real	नवीन कहानी