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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which Platonic dialogue contains the most sustained argument for excluding mimetic poets from the ideal state?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato develops the political and ethical case against mimetic poetry most fully in the Republic.
• Books II and III regulate stories used in education, while Book X presents the major epistemological and psychological critique of imitation.
• Ion discusses poetic inspiration, Phaedrus discusses divine madness, and Symposium focuses chiefly on love.
• Books II and III regulate stories used in education, while Book X presents the major epistemological and psychological critique of imitation.
• Ion discusses poetic inspiration, Phaedrus discusses divine madness, and Symposium focuses chiefly on love.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
In Plato's account of mimesis, why is a painted bed described as being far removed from truth?
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Explanation:
• Plato distinguishes the Form of Bed, the physical bed made by a carpenter, and the painted image made by an artist.
• The physical bed is already an instance or copy of the intelligible Form.
• The painting reproduces only the bed's appearance and is therefore at a further remove from truth.
• The physical bed is already an instance or copy of the intelligible Form.
• The painting reproduces only the bed's appearance and is therefore at a further remove from truth.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
According to the bed analogy in Book X of the Republic, who is the maker of the physical bed?
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Explanation:
• The carpenter produces the usable physical bed.
• The divine or intelligible maker is associated with the single Form of Bed, while the painter reproduces only an appearance.
• Plato uses this hierarchy to distinguish knowledge of reality from imitation of appearances.
• The divine or intelligible maker is associated with the single Form of Bed, while the painter reproduces only an appearance.
• Plato uses this hierarchy to distinguish knowledge of reality from imitation of appearances.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which part of the soul does Plato believe mimetic poetry most dangerously encourages?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato argues that mimetic poetry strengthens the element of the soul that yields to excessive emotion.
• Tragic representation may encourage audiences to enjoy grief, lamentation and emotional self-indulgence.
• This weakens the authority of reason, which should govern the well-ordered soul.
• Tragic representation may encourage audiences to enjoy grief, lamentation and emotional self-indulgence.
• This weakens the authority of reason, which should govern the well-ordered soul.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which forms of poetry does Plato explicitly leave room for in the ideal state?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato does not reject every possible use of verse.
• In Book X, he allows hymns to the gods and praises of good people because they can support virtue and civic order.
• His central objection is directed against mimetic poetry that misrepresents truth or corrupts character.
• In Book X, he allows hymns to the gods and praises of good people because they can support virtue and civic order.
• His central objection is directed against mimetic poetry that misrepresents truth or corrupts character.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
In which book of the Republic does Plato present the famous claim that the imitative poet is three removes from truth?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The developed account of the imitator as being at a third remove from truth appears in Book X.
• Plato illustrates the argument through the Form, the manufactured object and the artistic image.
• Earlier books discuss censorship and education, but Book X gives the most systematic metaphysical critique of imitation.
• Plato illustrates the argument through the Form, the manufactured object and the artistic image.
• Earlier books discuss censorship and education, but Book X gives the most systematic metaphysical critique of imitation.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
In Plato's Ion, the relation among the Muse, the poet, the rhapsode and the audience is compared to:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ion uses the image of the magnet to describe divine inspiration.
• The Muse inspires the poet, the poet inspires the rhapsode, and the rhapsode moves the audience.
• The image suggests transmitted enthusiasm rather than technical knowledge possessed by the poet.
• The Muse inspires the poet, the poet inspires the rhapsode, and the rhapsode moves the audience.
• The image suggests transmitted enthusiasm rather than technical knowledge possessed by the poet.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Statement I: Plato regards poetic inspiration as equivalent to rational knowledge.
Statement II: In Ion, poetic composition is associated with divine possession rather than a teachable craft.
Statement II: In Ion, poetic composition is associated with divine possession rather than a teachable craft.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is incorrect because Plato does not treat inspiration as the same as rational or technical knowledge.
• Statement II is correct because Ion presents the poet as speaking under divine possession or enthusiasm.
• The correct option is D because inspiration may produce powerful poetry without giving the poet systematic knowledge.
• Statement II is correct because Ion presents the poet as speaking under divine possession or enthusiasm.
• The correct option is D because inspiration may produce powerful poetry without giving the poet systematic knowledge.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Assertion: Plato proposes strict control over stories told to future guardians.
Reason: He believes repeated representations help shape character, values and emotional habits.
Reason: He believes repeated representations help shape character, values and emotional habits.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Books II and III regulate poetry and myth in the education of guardians.
• The Reason is correct because Plato believes representation influences moral formation and civic conduct.
• The Reason directly explains the Assertion: stories are controlled because their ethical and psychological effects are politically important.
• The Reason is correct because Plato believes representation influences moral formation and civic conduct.
• The Reason directly explains the Assertion: stories are controlled because their ethical and psychological effects are politically important.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. Republic, Books II–III
2. Republic, Book X
3. Ion
4. Phaedrus
List II:
a. Divine madness and inspiration
b. Educational censorship of poetry
c. Magnetized rings and poetic possession
d. The imitator's distance from truth
List I:
1. Republic, Books II–III
2. Republic, Book X
3. Ion
4. Phaedrus
List II:
a. Divine madness and inspiration
b. Educational censorship of poetry
c. Magnetized rings and poetic possession
d. The imitator's distance from truth
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Republic, Books II–III are concerned with educational censorship and the moral training of guardians.
• Republic, Book X explains the imitator's distance from truth and the psychological effects of poetry.
• Ion uses the image of magnetized rings to explain poetic possession.
• Phaedrus includes poetic inspiration among forms of divine madness, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a.
• Republic, Book X explains the imitator's distance from truth and the psychological effects of poetry.
• Ion uses the image of magnetized rings to explain poetic possession.
• Phaedrus includes poetic inspiration among forms of divine madness, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which sequence correctly represents the hierarchy used in Plato's bed analogy, moving from highest reality to lowest imitation?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Form of Bed represents the intelligible reality and highest level in the hierarchy.
• The carpenter makes a physical bed as a particular instance of that Form.
• The painter then imitates the visible appearance of the physical bed, producing the sequence Form → object → image.
• The carpenter makes a physical bed as a particular instance of that Form.
• The painter then imitates the visible appearance of the physical bed, producing the sequence Form → object → image.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which pair is correctly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato refers to an ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry in Book X of the Republic.
• Mimesis does not give direct knowledge of the Forms; it commonly reproduces appearances.
• The ideal state regulates poetry, and inspiration does not prove that poets possess philosophical knowledge.
• Mimesis does not give direct knowledge of the Forms; it commonly reproduces appearances.
• The ideal state regulates poetry, and inspiration does not prove that poets possess philosophical knowledge.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Diegesis refers to narration or telling rather than pure dramatic enactment.
• Mimesis refers to imitation or representation, especially when a speaker assumes another voice.
• Guardian education is regulated in Books II and III, and Book X contains the major critique of the imitative poet.
• Mimesis refers to imitation or representation, especially when a speaker assumes another voice.
• Guardian education is regulated in Books II and III, and Book X contains the major critique of the imitative poet.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
What does Plato mean by the ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry?
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Explanation:
• The phrase names a long-standing tension between philosophy's claim to truth and poetry's cultural authority.
• Plato suspects that poets may appear wise while lacking knowledge of the subjects they represent.
• The dispute is therefore epistemological, ethical and political rather than merely formal.
• Plato suspects that poets may appear wise while lacking knowledge of the subjects they represent.
• The dispute is therefore epistemological, ethical and political rather than merely formal.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
In Book III of the Republic, Plato distinguishes narration from imitation primarily to discuss:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato distinguishes simple narration from imitation in which the speaker assumes the voice of another person.
• He worries that repeated imitation may shape the habits and identities of guardians.
• The distinction is therefore connected with education, performance and moral character.
• He worries that repeated imitation may shape the habits and identities of guardians.
• The distinction is therefore connected with education, performance and moral character.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which statement best describes Plato's objection to false stories about the gods?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato objects to stories that depict gods as deceptive, unjust, quarrelsome or morally corrupt.
• Such representations can normalize vice and damage the moral education of the young.
• His concern is not merely factual accuracy but the ethical effect of divine representation.
• Such representations can normalize vice and damage the moral education of the young.
• His concern is not merely factual accuracy but the ethical effect of divine representation.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which critical tendency is most directly strengthened by Plato's treatment of poetry?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato's criticism repeatedly evaluates poetry by its moral, psychological and political consequences.
• This helped establish a long tradition of ethical and didactic criticism.
• His approach opposes purely autonomous accounts of art that separate literary value from truth and civic responsibility.
• This helped establish a long tradition of ethical and didactic criticism.
• His approach opposes purely autonomous accounts of art that separate literary value from truth and civic responsibility.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Consider the following statements about Plato's objections to mimetic poetry:
1. It deals mainly with appearances rather than knowledge of Forms.
2. It can strengthen irrational emotions.
3. It may provide morally harmful models.
4. It is rejected solely because it uses metre.
Which statements are correct?
1. It deals mainly with appearances rather than knowledge of Forms.
2. It can strengthen irrational emotions.
3. It may provide morally harmful models.
4. It is rejected solely because it uses metre.
Which statements are correct?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because mimetic art reproduces appearances rather than grasping intelligible reality.
• Statement 2 is correct because poetry can nourish excessive grief, pity and passion.
• Statement 3 is correct because bad representations can corrupt moral education.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because Plato's objections concern truth, psychology and ethics, not metre alone; therefore 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because poetry can nourish excessive grief, pity and passion.
• Statement 3 is correct because bad representations can corrupt moral education.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because Plato's objections concern truth, psychology and ethics, not metre alone; therefore 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which item is the odd one out in relation to the kinds of poetry Plato is prepared to admit into the ideal state?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Hymns to the gods and praise of good people are explicitly allowed as morally acceptable forms.
• Poetry that supports civic virtue is compatible with Plato's educational aims.
• Tragedies that encourage emotional excess exemplify the kind of mimetic poetry Plato distrusts, making them the odd one out.
• Poetry that supports civic virtue is compatible with Plato's educational aims.
• Tragedies that encourage emotional excess exemplify the kind of mimetic poetry Plato distrusts, making them the odd one out.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Plato's criticism of poetry is best described as combining which three kinds of objection?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The epistemological objection concerns poetry's distance from truth and knowledge.
• The psychological objection concerns its appeal to irrational or emotionally indulgent parts of the soul.
• The moral-political objection concerns education, character and the order of the ideal state.
• The psychological objection concerns its appeal to irrational or emotionally indulgent parts of the soul.
• The moral-political objection concerns education, character and the order of the ideal state.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A tragedy repeatedly encourages spectators to admire uncontrolled lamentation. Which Platonic criticism applies most directly?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato fears that spectators may enjoy emotions in the theatre that they try to restrain in their own lives.
• Repeated indulgence can strengthen the irrational element and weaken rational self-command.
• The problem is therefore the psychological and ethical effect of representation, not the mere presence of suffering.
• Repeated indulgence can strengthen the irrational element and weaken rational self-command.
• The problem is therefore the psychological and ethical effect of representation, not the mere presence of suffering.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which statement best explains the tension between inspiration and knowledge in Plato's view of poetry?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato can acknowledge the extraordinary force of inspired poetry while denying that inspiration equals knowledge.
• In Ion, poets speak under divine influence and may not be able to explain their art as a systematic craft.
• This distinction supports Plato's claim that poetic authority should not be confused with philosophical wisdom.
• In Ion, poets speak under divine influence and may not be able to explain their art as a systematic craft.
• This distinction supports Plato's claim that poetic authority should not be confused with philosophical wisdom.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
The phrase ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry occurs in connection with Plato's:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The phrase appears in Book X during Plato's renewed argument against imitative poetry.
• It frames the conflict between philosophy's demand for truth and poetry's traditional prestige.
• Plato nevertheless leaves open the possibility that poetry might return if it can defend its value rationally.
• It frames the conflict between philosophy's demand for truth and poetry's traditional prestige.
• Plato nevertheless leaves open the possibility that poetry might return if it can defend its value rationally.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which policy toward poetry is most consistent with Plato's ideal state?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Plato's policy is selective rather than a simple rejection of every verbal composition.
• Poetry is judged according to its truthfulness, moral models and effects on the soul and city.
• Works that support virtue may be admitted, while corrupting mimetic forms are excluded.
• Poetry is judged according to its truthfulness, moral models and effects on the soul and city.
• Works that support virtue may be admitted, while corrupting mimetic forms are excluded.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Assertion: Plato's critique of mimesis is inseparable from his theory of Forms.
Reason: The artistic image imitates a sensible object, while the sensible object itself is ontologically secondary to its intelligible Form.
Reason: The artistic image imitates a sensible object, while the sensible object itself is ontologically secondary to its intelligible Form.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Plato's account of imitation depends on a hierarchy between intelligible reality, sensible objects and artistic images.
• The Reason is correct because the artist reproduces the appearance of an object that is already secondary to its Form.
• The Reason directly explains why mimesis is epistemologically distant from truth, so option A is correct.
• The Reason is correct because the artist reproduces the appearance of an object that is already secondary to its Form.
• The Reason directly explains why mimesis is epistemologically distant from truth, so option A is correct.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Republic సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: C. It imitates the appearance of a physical bed, which itself is secondary to the Form of Bed. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: A. The carpenter సమాధానం: A.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. The emotional and irrational part that indulges grief and passion సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. Hymns to the gods and praises of good people సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: A. Book X సమాధానం: A.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. A chain of magnetized rings సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Form of Bed → physical bed → painted bed సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. Ancient quarrel — the opposition between philosophy and poetry సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Diegesis — pure dramatic enactment without a narrator సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. A conflict between rational inquiry and the authority claimed by poetic representation సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. The speaker's mode of presentation and its effect on character సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. They attribute immoral conduct to divine beings and provide harmful models for citizens. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. The moral evaluation of literature according to its effects on individuals and society సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Tragedies that intensify lamentation and pity సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. Epistemological, psychological and moral-political సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. It trains the audience to indulge emotions that reason should regulate. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. Poets may produce powerful utterances through divine inspiration without possessing rational expertise in their subjects. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Final justification for excluding most imitative poetry from the just city సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Admit works that support truth and virtue while excluding representations that corrupt judgement and character. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.