Please keep at least one language enabled. / కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which poet is most closely associated with the Young Bengal movement?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Henry Derozio taught at Hindu College in Calcutta and inspired the group known as Young Bengal.
• His students were encouraged to question inherited assumptions and engage with rationalist thought.
• Derozio's poetry combined Romantic influences with Indian historical and social subjects.
• He is regarded as an important early figure in Indian poetry in English.
• His students were encouraged to question inherited assumptions and engage with rationalist thought.
• Derozio's poetry combined Romantic influences with Indian historical and social subjects.
• He is regarded as an important early figure in Indian poetry in English.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which work was written by Henry Derozio?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Fakeer of Jungheera is a narrative poem by Henry Derozio.
• The poem combines Romantic narrative techniques with an Indian setting and social concerns.
• Savitri was written by Sri Aurobindo, The Guide by R. K. Narayan and Kanthapura by Raja Rao.
• The work shows an early attempt to represent Indian experience through English verse.
• The poem combines Romantic narrative techniques with an Indian setting and social concerns.
• Savitri was written by Sri Aurobindo, The Guide by R. K. Narayan and Kanthapura by Raja Rao.
• The work shows an early attempt to represent Indian experience through English verse.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which posthumously published collection is associated with Toru Dutt?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is a posthumously published collection by Toru Dutt.
• It reworks stories from Indian mythology and legend in English poetic forms.
• The Golden Threshold and The Bird of Time are associated with Sarojini Naidu.
• Songs of Kabir is associated with Rabindranath Tagore's English translations of Kabir.
• It reworks stories from Indian mythology and legend in English poetic forms.
• The Golden Threshold and The Bird of Time are associated with Sarojini Naidu.
• Songs of Kabir is associated with Rabindranath Tagore's English translations of Kabir.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
What is distinctive about Toru Dutt's A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields contains Toru Dutt's English renderings of French poems.
• The collection demonstrates her command of French and English literary traditions.
• It also illustrates the multilingual and transnational character of early Indian writing in English.
• Toru Dutt's work cannot be reduced to a simple imitation of one national tradition.
• The collection demonstrates her command of French and English literary traditions.
• It also illustrates the multilingual and transnational character of early Indian writing in English.
• Toru Dutt's work cannot be reduced to a simple imitation of one national tradition.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which major poetic work by Sri Aurobindo retells the story of Savitri and Satyavan?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is Sri Aurobindo's major epic poem in English.
• It reinterprets the Savitri and Satyavan episode from the Mahabharata.
• The poem combines Indian myth, spiritual philosophy and an expansive English poetic style.
• The other options are important prose works by Sri Aurobindo.
• It reinterprets the Savitri and Satyavan episode from the Mahabharata.
• The poem combines Indian myth, spiritual philosophy and an expansive English poetic style.
• The other options are important prose works by Sri Aurobindo.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which practice played a major role in Rabindranath Tagore's international reception?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Tagore translated or recreated selected Bengali poems in English for an international readership.
• The English Gitanjali became central to his global recognition.
• His English versions were often creative transformations rather than mechanically literal translations.
• This practice demonstrates the importance of self-translation in Indian literary modernity.
• The English Gitanjali became central to his global recognition.
• His English versions were often creative transformations rather than mechanically literal translations.
• This practice demonstrates the importance of self-translation in Indian literary modernity.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in which year?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
• His international reputation was strongly connected with the English Gitanjali.
• He was the first Asian writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• The award increased global interest in modern Indian literature.
• His international reputation was strongly connected with the English Gitanjali.
• He was the first Asian writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• The award increased global interest in modern Indian literature.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which novel by Mulk Raj Anand centres on a single day in the life of Bakha?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Untouchable follows one day in the life of Bakha, a young sanitation worker subjected to caste oppression.
• The novel was published in 1935 and is a major work of Indian English social realism.
• Anand uses English to represent Indian speech patterns, social conflict and marginalised experience.
• Coolie focuses on Munoo, while Two Leaves and a Bud concerns plantation exploitation.
• The novel was published in 1935 and is a major work of Indian English social realism.
• Anand uses English to represent Indian speech patterns, social conflict and marginalised experience.
• Coolie focuses on Munoo, while Two Leaves and a Bud concerns plantation exploitation.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which fictional town is central to many works of R. K. Narayan?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Malgudi is the fictional South Indian town created by R. K. Narayan.
• It provides the setting for novels and stories such as Swami and Friends and The Guide.
• The town is imagined but socially and culturally recognisable.
• Narayan uses Malgudi to portray ordinary lives, institutions and social changes.
• It provides the setting for novels and stories such as Swami and Friends and The Guide.
• The town is imagined but socially and culturally recognisable.
• Narayan uses Malgudi to portray ordinary lives, institutions and social changes.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which novel by Raja Rao presents the Gandhian movement through the experience of a South Indian village?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Kanthapura presents the impact of the Gandhian nationalist movement on a South Indian village.
• The novel is narrated by Achakka, whose oral style evokes traditional Indian storytelling.
• Raja Rao reshapes English syntax and rhythm to represent Kannada-inflected speech and cultural memory.
• The Serpent and the Rope is another Raja Rao novel but has a different philosophical and transnational focus.
• The novel is narrated by Achakka, whose oral style evokes traditional Indian storytelling.
• Raja Rao reshapes English syntax and rhythm to represent Kannada-inflected speech and cultural memory.
• The Serpent and the Rope is another Raja Rao novel but has a different philosophical and transnational focus.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
What linguistic problem does Raja Rao discuss in the preface to Kanthapura?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Raja Rao discusses the challenge of expressing Indian sensibility and experience through English.
• He suggests that English must be adapted to the tempo, rhythm and cultural patterns of Indian speech.
• The preface has become an important statement on Indian English literary expression.
• His solution involves creative transformation rather than simple imitation of British norms.
• He suggests that English must be adapted to the tempo, rhythm and cultural patterns of Indian speech.
• The preface has become an important statement on Indian English literary expression.
• His solution involves creative transformation rather than simple imitation of British norms.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
What does the term bilingual imagination most appropriately describe in Indian English literature?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Bilingual imagination refers to literary creativity shaped by more than one linguistic and cultural system.
• An Indian English writer may compose in English while drawing on the idioms, narratives and conceptual patterns of Indian languages.
• The influence can appear even when no regional-language words are directly inserted.
• This process enriches style, imagery, syntax and cultural representation.
• An Indian English writer may compose in English while drawing on the idioms, narratives and conceptual patterns of Indian languages.
• The influence can appear even when no regional-language words are directly inserted.
• This process enriches style, imagery, syntax and cultural representation.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which feature best illustrates the influence of translation on Indian English literary style?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Translation influence may appear through calques, regional idioms and locally shaped sentence rhythms.
• Writers can reproduce cultural meanings and oral storytelling conventions within English.
• Such features may be deliberate literary strategies rather than errors.
• Translation influence helps Indian English represent experiences for which inherited British expressions may be inadequate.
• Writers can reproduce cultural meanings and oral storytelling conventions within English.
• Such features may be deliberate literary strategies rather than errors.
• Translation influence helps Indian English represent experiences for which inherited British expressions may be inadequate.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Consider the following statements.
Statement I: Tagore's English Gitanjali is connected with his practice of self-translation.
Statement II: Self-translation always produces a word-for-word copy of the source text.
Statement I: Tagore's English Gitanjali is connected with his practice of self-translation.
Statement II: Self-translation always produces a word-for-word copy of the source text.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Tagore selected and rendered Bengali poems into English for Gitanjali.
• Statement II is incorrect because self-translation may involve selection, compression, rewriting and adaptation.
• Tagore's English versions often recreate the effect of the Bengali poems rather than reproduce every linguistic detail.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because self-translation may involve selection, compression, rewriting and adaptation.
• Tagore's English versions often recreate the effect of the Bengali poems rather than reproduce every linguistic detail.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Toru Dutt translated French poetry into English.
2. Sri Aurobindo used Indian myth in English literary writing.
3. Mulk Raj Anand avoided social questions in his fiction.
4. R. K. Narayan developed Malgudi as a recurring fictional setting.
1. Toru Dutt translated French poetry into English.
2. Sri Aurobindo used Indian myth in English literary writing.
3. Mulk Raj Anand avoided social questions in his fiction.
4. R. K. Narayan developed Malgudi as a recurring fictional setting.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields contains Toru Dutt's English translations and adaptations of French poetry.
• Statement 2 is correct because Sri Aurobindo reworked Indian myth and spiritual traditions in English.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because social inequality and oppression are central to Anand's fiction.
• Statement 4 is correct because Malgudi recurs throughout Narayan's fictional world.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Sri Aurobindo reworked Indian myth and spiritual traditions in English.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because social inequality and oppression are central to Anand's fiction.
• Statement 4 is correct because Malgudi recurs throughout Narayan's fictional world.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Match List I with List II.
List I: 1. Henry Derozio 2. Toru Dutt 3. Mulk Raj Anand 4. R. K. Narayan
List II: a. Untouchable b. The Fakeer of Jungheera c. Swami and Friends d. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
List I: 1. Henry Derozio 2. Toru Dutt 3. Mulk Raj Anand 4. R. K. Narayan
List II: a. Untouchable b. The Fakeer of Jungheera c. Swami and Friends d. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Henry Derozio is matched with The Fakeer of Jungheera.
• Toru Dutt is matched with Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan.
• Mulk Raj Anand is matched with Untouchable.
• R. K. Narayan is matched with Swami and Friends.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c.
• Toru Dutt is matched with Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan.
• Mulk Raj Anand is matched with Untouchable.
• R. K. Narayan is matched with Swami and Friends.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Arrange the following works in chronological order of publication: 1. Gitanjali in English 2. Kanthapura 3. The Guide 4. The Serpent and the Rope
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The English Gitanjali appeared in 1912.
• Kanthapura was published in 1938.
• The Guide was published in 1958.
• The Serpent and the Rope was published in 1960.
• The correct chronological sequence is therefore 1, 2, 3, 4.
• Kanthapura was published in 1938.
• The Guide was published in 1958.
• The Serpent and the Rope was published in 1960.
• The correct chronological sequence is therefore 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Sri Aurobindo is correctly matched with Savitri.
• Rabindranath Tagore is correctly matched with Gitanjali.
• Mulk Raj Anand is correctly matched with Coolie.
• Kanthapura was written by Raja Rao, not R. K. Narayan.
• Therefore, the third pair is incorrectly matched.
• Rabindranath Tagore is correctly matched with Gitanjali.
• Mulk Raj Anand is correctly matched with Coolie.
• Kanthapura was written by Raja Rao, not R. K. Narayan.
• Therefore, the third pair is incorrectly matched.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
A novelist writes English sentences that reproduce the repetition, cadence and communal storytelling of a regional oral tradition. Which concept best describes this strategy?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The strategy adapts English to represent regional speech rhythms and oral narrative practices.
• It is an example of the Indianisation of English literary expression.
• Writers such as Raja Rao demonstrate how English can be reshaped by Indian linguistic and cultural traditions.
• The strategy preserves cultural specificity rather than eliminating it.
• It is an example of the Indianisation of English literary expression.
• Writers such as Raja Rao demonstrate how English can be reshaped by Indian linguistic and cultural traditions.
• The strategy preserves cultural specificity rather than eliminating it.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which comparison between Mulk Raj Anand and R. K. Narayan is most accurate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Mulk Raj Anand often foregrounded caste oppression, poverty, labour and colonial exploitation.
• R. K. Narayan frequently depicted ordinary life through irony, humour and psychological observation.
• Both writers represented Indian society through accessible English prose.
• Their narrative emphases differ, but neither avoided social reality.
• R. K. Narayan frequently depicted ordinary life through irony, humour and psychological observation.
• Both writers represented Indian society through accessible English prose.
• Their narrative emphases differ, but neither avoided social reality.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which stylistic feature is especially associated with R. K. Narayan's fiction?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Narayan is known for lucid prose and a controlled, often gently ironic narrative manner.
• His fiction closely observes family life, education, work, religion and social change.
• Malgudi gives these experiences a coherent fictional setting.
• His apparent simplicity often contains complex moral and psychological insight.
• His fiction closely observes family life, education, work, religion and social change.
• Malgudi gives these experiences a coherent fictional setting.
• His apparent simplicity often contains complex moral and psychological insight.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which statement best explains why the English of Indian literary texts may differ from everyday conversational Indian English?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Literary language is artistically shaped rather than being a simple transcript of spontaneous conversation.
• Writers may exaggerate, select or reorganise features to create voice, rhythm and cultural atmosphere.
• Multilingual influence may appear through syntax, metaphor, narration or translated idioms.
• A literary style should therefore be analysed as a crafted representation.
• Writers may exaggerate, select or reorganise features to create voice, rhythm and cultural atmosphere.
• Multilingual influence may appear through syntax, metaphor, narration or translated idioms.
• A literary style should therefore be analysed as a crafted representation.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Assertion: Raja Rao's English prose can sound Indian even when it contains few regional-language words.
Reason: Indian linguistic influence can operate through syntax, rhythm, repetition and narrative organisation.
Reason: Indian linguistic influence can operate through syntax, rhythm, repetition and narrative organisation.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Indianisation is not limited to the insertion of regional vocabulary.
• The Reason is correct because syntax, cadence, repetition and oral narrative patterns can carry linguistic influence.
• Kanthapura illustrates how English prose can evoke the movement of Indian speech and storytelling.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because syntax, cadence, repetition and oral narrative patterns can carry linguistic influence.
• Kanthapura illustrates how English prose can evoke the movement of Indian speech and storytelling.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Indian English writers may use English to represent culture-specific realities.
2. Translation can influence syntax and imagery even without visible loanwords.
3. Bilingual imagination requires exact equality of proficiency in two languages.
4. Literary Indian English can combine local identity with international circulation.
1. Indian English writers may use English to represent culture-specific realities.
2. Translation can influence syntax and imagery even without visible loanwords.
3. Bilingual imagination requires exact equality of proficiency in two languages.
4. Literary Indian English can combine local identity with international circulation.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Indian English literature represents local institutions, identities and cultural practices.
• Statement 2 is correct because translation influence can shape deep stylistic patterns.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because bilingual imagination does not require equal proficiency in two languages.
• Statement 4 is correct because English enables local writing to circulate across regions and countries.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because translation influence can shape deep stylistic patterns.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because bilingual imagination does not require equal proficiency in two languages.
• Statement 4 is correct because English enables local writing to circulate across regions and countries.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which interpretation provides the most balanced understanding of Indian Writing in English?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Indian Writing in English participates in global literary forms while adapting them to Indian histories and cultural realities.
• Writers draw on regional languages, oral traditions, translation, mythology and modern social experience.
• English becomes a medium of creative transformation rather than passive imitation.
• The literature is internally diverse and cannot be reduced to one style or political position.
• Writers draw on regional languages, oral traditions, translation, mythology and modern social experience.
• English becomes a medium of creative transformation rather than passive imitation.
• The literature is internally diverse and cannot be reduced to one style or political position.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Henry Derozio సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. The Fakeer of Jungheera సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. It contains English translations and adaptations of French poetry సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. Translating or recreating selected Bengali poems in English సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: A. 1913 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Untouchable సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Malgudi సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: C. Kanthapura సమాధానం: C.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: A. How to convey Indian experience through English without merely imitating British usage సమాధానం: A.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. Creative thinking shaped by interaction between English and one or more Indian languages సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. The transfer of regional idioms, speech rhythms and narrative patterns into English సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: A. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: A.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: B. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. R. K. Narayan — Kanthapura సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. Indianisation of English literary expression సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. Anand often foregrounded social oppression, while Narayan frequently used ironic observation of everyday life సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. Lucid prose, gentle irony and close observation of everyday life సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Literary language can deliberately select, intensify and stylise multilingual features సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: B. It reshapes English through Indian languages, histories and experiences while participating in wider literary traditions సమాధానం: B.