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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which intellectual movement most strongly shaped Renaissance literary criticism?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Renaissance humanism encouraged the recovery and study of Greek and Roman literature, rhetoric, history and moral philosophy.
• Humanist critics treated classical texts as models for eloquence, ethical education and artistic excellence.
• Renaissance literary criticism therefore developed through renewed engagement with writers such as Aristotle, Horace, Cicero and Quintilian.
• Humanist critics treated classical texts as models for eloquence, ethical education and artistic excellence.
• Renaissance literary criticism therefore developed through renewed engagement with writers such as Aristotle, Horace, Cicero and Quintilian.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
The humanist curriculum known as studia humanitatis primarily included:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Studia humanitatis comprised grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history and moral philosophy.
• These subjects were intended to cultivate eloquence, judgement and civic virtue.
• Their emphasis on classical language and literature strongly influenced Renaissance theories of poetry and artistic imitation.
• These subjects were intended to cultivate eloquence, judgement and civic virtue.
• Their emphasis on classical language and literature strongly influenced Renaissance theories of poetry and artistic imitation.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Renaissance imitation of classical authors is best understood as:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Renaissance imitation involved learning from classical models and adapting their principles to new circumstances.
• It was often understood as emulation, in which the writer sought to equal or surpass admired predecessors.
• Mere verbal copying was generally regarded as inferior to intelligent transformation guided by judgement.
• It was often understood as emulation, in which the writer sought to equal or surpass admired predecessors.
• Mere verbal copying was generally regarded as inferior to intelligent transformation guided by judgement.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Who wrote An Apology for Poetry, also published under the title The Defence of Poesy?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Sir Philip Sidney wrote the work commonly known as An Apology for Poetry or The Defence of Poesy.
• It was composed around 1580–1581 and published posthumously in 1595.
• The treatise offers one of the most influential English Renaissance defences of poetry.
• It was composed around 1580–1581 and published posthumously in 1595.
• The treatise offers one of the most influential English Renaissance defences of poetry.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Sidney's description of the poet as a maker is derived from the meaning of which Greek term?
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Explanation:
• Sidney associates the poet with the Greek term poietes, meaning a maker or creator.
• The poet does not merely reproduce the existing world but imaginatively creates possible and ideal forms.
• This conception supports Sidney's claim that poetry can construct a golden world superior to ordinary nature.
• The poet does not merely reproduce the existing world but imaginatively creates possible and ideal forms.
• This conception supports Sidney's claim that poetry can construct a golden world superior to ordinary nature.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
According to Sidney, the poet creates a golden world that improves upon:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Sidney contrasts nature's brazen world with the poet's golden world.
• Nature provides imperfect material, while poetic imagination can create more admirable models of virtue and action.
• The contrast emphasizes poetry's creative and idealizing power rather than simple copying.
• Nature provides imperfect material, while poetic imagination can create more admirable models of virtue and action.
• The contrast emphasizes poetry's creative and idealizing power rather than simple copying.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Sidney defines poetry as an art of imitation represented through a speaking picture whose purpose is to:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Sidney calls poetry a speaking picture designed to teach and delight.
• Delight attracts readers and makes moral instruction emotionally persuasive.
• His formulation develops the classical Horatian ideal that literature should unite pleasure with usefulness.
• Delight attracts readers and makes moral instruction emotionally persuasive.
• His formulation develops the classical Horatian ideal that literature should unite pleasure with usefulness.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Why does Sidney claim that the poet cannot properly be called a liar?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Sidney argues that a liar asserts something false as though it were true.
• The poet openly creates fictional possibilities and does not claim that imagined events literally occurred.
• Poetry can therefore represent what may or should happen without making deceptive factual assertions.
• The poet openly creates fictional possibilities and does not claim that imagined events literally occurred.
• Poetry can therefore represent what may or should happen without making deceptive factual assertions.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
According to Sidney, what advantage does poetry have over moral philosophy?
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Explanation:
• Moral philosophy teaches virtue through abstract principles and definitions.
• Poetry embodies moral ideas in memorable characters, actions and situations.
• Its imaginative and emotional force can move readers toward virtuous conduct more effectively than abstract instruction alone.
• Poetry embodies moral ideas in memorable characters, actions and situations.
• Its imaginative and emotional force can move readers toward virtuous conduct more effectively than abstract instruction alone.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
According to Sidney, what limitation distinguishes history from poetry?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• History records particular persons and events from the actual past.
• These events may not always provide ideal patterns of moral conduct.
• Poetry is freer to represent universal possibilities and to shape actions according to ethical and artistic purpose.
• These events may not always provide ideal patterns of moral conduct.
• Poetry is freer to represent universal possibilities and to shape actions according to ethical and artistic purpose.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which statement best summarizes Sidney's comparison of poetry, philosophy and history?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Philosophy offers general moral principles, while history offers concrete but particular examples.
• Poetry combines general ethical understanding with vivid and emotionally engaging representation.
• Sidney therefore presents poetry as especially capable of teaching and moving human beings toward virtue.
• Poetry combines general ethical understanding with vivid and emotionally engaging representation.
• Sidney therefore presents poetry as especially capable of teaching and moving human beings toward virtue.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which work by Stephen Gosson attacked poets, actors and theatrical entertainment?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Stephen Gosson published The School of Abuse in 1579.
• The work attacked poets, pipers, players, jesters and related forms of entertainment as morally dangerous.
• It forms an important background to the Renaissance debate in which Sidney defended poetry.
• The work attacked poets, pipers, players, jesters and related forms of entertainment as morally dangerous.
• It forms an important background to the Renaissance debate in which Sidney defended poetry.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Stephen Gosson dedicated The School of Abuse to:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Gosson dedicated The School of Abuse to Sir Philip Sidney without first obtaining Sidney's approval.
• The dedication is especially significant because Sidney later composed a major defence of poetry.
• Sidney's Apology is often read within the broader controversy stimulated by anti-theatrical and anti-poetic attacks such as Gosson's.
• The dedication is especially significant because Sidney later composed a major defence of poetry.
• Sidney's Apology is often read within the broader controversy stimulated by anti-theatrical and anti-poetic attacks such as Gosson's.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Statement I: Sidney believes that poetry should provide both pleasure and ethical instruction.
Statement II: Sidney argues that poetry can move readers toward virtuous action more effectively than abstract philosophy alone.
Statement II: Sidney argues that poetry can move readers toward virtuous action more effectively than abstract philosophy alone.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Sidney repeatedly associates poetry with teaching and delighting.
• Statement II is correct because poetry gives vivid form to moral ideas and stimulates emotional engagement.
• Both statements express Sidney's central claim that poetry can inspire virtuous action rather than merely communicate abstract knowledge.
• Statement II is correct because poetry gives vivid form to moral ideas and stimulates emotional engagement.
• Both statements express Sidney's central claim that poetry can inspire virtuous action rather than merely communicate abstract knowledge.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Assertion: Sidney places the poet above the historian in the representation of virtue.
Reason: The poet can construct ideal examples according to what may or ought to happen, whereas the historian is restricted to actual events.
Reason: The poet can construct ideal examples according to what may or ought to happen, whereas the historian is restricted to actual events.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Sidney considers poetic representation especially effective in presenting exemplary virtue.
• The Reason is correct because the poet can shape probable and ideal actions, while the historian must record particular events.
• The Reason directly explains the poet's advantage, so option B is correct.
• The Reason is correct because the poet can shape probable and ideal actions, while the historian must record particular events.
• The Reason directly explains the poet's advantage, so option B is correct.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which critic emphasized learning from classical models while also insisting that imitation must be guided by judgement?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ben Jonson valued classical learning, disciplined craftsmanship and critical judgement.
• He believed that writers should study excellent predecessors without becoming mechanical copyists.
• His critical observations reveal a Renaissance balance between imitation, natural ability, learning and artistic control.
• He believed that writers should study excellent predecessors without becoming mechanical copyists.
• His critical observations reveal a Renaissance balance between imitation, natural ability, learning and artistic control.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Ben Jonson's critical reflections are collected principally in:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Jonson's critical observations appear in Timber, or Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter.
• The collection was published posthumously in 1641.
• It contains reflections on language, style, imitation, judgement, classical authors and contemporary writers.
• The collection was published posthumously in 1641.
• It contains reflections on language, style, imitation, judgement, classical authors and contemporary writers.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which statement most accurately describes Ben Jonson's concept of imitation?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Jonson's imitation is selective, learned and transformative rather than mechanical.
• The writer studies several excellent models, understands their virtues and adapts them appropriately.
• Judgement and individual skill convert borrowed learning into an original artistic achievement.
• The writer studies several excellent models, understands their virtues and adapts them appropriately.
• Judgement and individual skill convert borrowed learning into an original artistic achievement.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. Sir Philip Sidney
2. Stephen Gosson
3. Ben Jonson
4. Renaissance humanism
List II:
a. The School of Abuse
b. Study and revival of classical learning
c. An Apology for Poetry
d. Timber, or Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
List I:
1. Sir Philip Sidney
2. Stephen Gosson
3. Ben Jonson
4. Renaissance humanism
List II:
a. The School of Abuse
b. Study and revival of classical learning
c. An Apology for Poetry
d. Timber, or Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Sir Philip Sidney wrote An Apology for Poetry, also known as The Defence of Poesy.
• Stephen Gosson wrote The School of Abuse.
• Ben Jonson's critical reflections appear in Timber, or Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter.
• Renaissance humanism promoted the study and revival of classical learning, so the correct code is 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b.
• Stephen Gosson wrote The School of Abuse.
• Ben Jonson's critical reflections appear in Timber, or Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter.
• Renaissance humanism promoted the study and revival of classical learning, so the correct code is 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which sequence gives the correct order of publication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Stephen Gosson's The School of Abuse was published in 1579.
• Sidney's An Apology for Poetry was published posthumously in 1595, although it had been composed earlier.
• Ben Jonson's Discoveries was published posthumously in 1641.
• The correct publication sequence is therefore The School of Abuse → An Apology for Poetry → Discoveries.
• Sidney's An Apology for Poetry was published posthumously in 1595, although it had been composed earlier.
• Ben Jonson's Discoveries was published posthumously in 1641.
• The correct publication sequence is therefore The School of Abuse → An Apology for Poetry → Discoveries.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which Renaissance critical principle requires the language and behaviour of a character to suit age, rank, genre and situation?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Decorum is the classical principle of fitness or appropriateness revived by Renaissance critics.
• Style, action and speech should correspond to character, social position, genre and occasion.
• Catharsis belongs to Aristotelian tragic theory, while defamiliarization and negative capability are later concepts.
• Style, action and speech should correspond to character, social position, genre and occasion.
• Catharsis belongs to Aristotelian tragic theory, while defamiliarization and negative capability are later concepts.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Consider the following statements about Sidney's defence of poetry:
1. The poet is a maker rather than a passive copier.
2. Poetry can combine moral instruction with delight.
3. The poet is less free than the historian because poetry must record actual events.
4. Poetry can present exemplary possibilities that move readers toward virtue.
Which statements are correct?
1. The poet is a maker rather than a passive copier.
2. Poetry can combine moral instruction with delight.
3. The poet is less free than the historian because poetry must record actual events.
4. Poetry can present exemplary possibilities that move readers toward virtue.
Which statements are correct?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Sidney defines the poet as a creative maker.
• Statement 2 is correct because poetry teaches through delight.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the historian, not the poet, is restricted to actual events.
• Statement 4 is correct because poetry can create exemplary actions that encourage virtue, so 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because poetry teaches through delight.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the historian, not the poet, is restricted to actual events.
• Statement 4 is correct because poetry can create exemplary actions that encourage virtue, so 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
A playwright copies the plot and language of an ancient drama without adapting them to a new audience or purpose. Which Renaissance critical judgement would be most appropriate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Renaissance imitation required understanding, selection and adaptation rather than exact reproduction.
• Mechanical copying fails to exercise artistic judgement or respond to new cultural conditions.
• Creative emulation transforms the virtues of classical models into a fresh and appropriate work.
• Mechanical copying fails to exercise artistic judgement or respond to new cultural conditions.
• Creative emulation transforms the virtues of classical models into a fresh and appropriate work.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Assertion: Renaissance critics frequently appealed to classical rules while allowing artistic judgement a significant role.
Reason: Classical authority was treated as a source of tested principles rather than merely a collection of phrases to be copied.
Reason: Classical authority was treated as a source of tested principles rather than merely a collection of phrases to be copied.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Renaissance criticism drew heavily on Aristotle, Horace and other classical authorities.
• The Reason is correct because serious imitation involved understanding principles and applying them with judgement.
• The Reason explains why classical rules could coexist with adaptation and individual artistic skill, so option D is correct.
• The Reason is correct because serious imitation involved understanding principles and applying them with judgement.
• The Reason explains why classical rules could coexist with adaptation and individual artistic skill, so option D is correct.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best represents Renaissance concepts of literary art?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Renaissance literary theory commonly combines natural talent with education, imitation and technical discipline.
• Classical models provide guidance, but judgement transforms them into new artistic forms.
• Sidney especially links imaginative pleasure with moral instruction, while Jonson emphasizes learning, craft and critical control.
• Classical models provide guidance, but judgement transforms them into new artistic forms.
• Sidney especially links imaginative pleasure with moral instruction, while Jonson emphasizes learning, craft and critical control.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Renaissance humanism సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: C. Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history and moral philosophy సమాధానం: C.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: A. Creative adaptation and emulation of exemplary models సమాధానం: A.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Sir Philip Sidney సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. Poietes సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: A. Nature's brazen world సమాధానం: A.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Teach and delight సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. The poet does not affirm imaginary representations as literal historical facts. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. It presents virtue through vivid examples that can move readers to action. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. History is confined to particular events that actually occurred. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Poetry combines the general teaching of philosophy with the concrete example of history. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. The School of Abuse సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Sir Philip Sidney సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Ben Jonson సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Timber, or Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. A writer should absorb the best qualities of earlier authors and transform them through personal judgement. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. The School of Abuse → An Apology for Poetry → Discoveries సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. Decorum సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. The work shows mechanical copying rather than creative emulation. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Art joins natural ability, classical learning, disciplined craft, imitation and moral purpose. సమాధానం: A.