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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Who wrote An Apology for Poetry, also known as The Defence of Poesy?
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Explanation:
• Sir Philip Sidney wrote An Apology for Poetry, also published as The Defence of Poesy.
• The work defends poetry as a creative art capable of teaching and delighting.
• Dryden, Johnson and Arnold belong to later phases of English criticism.
• The work defends poetry as a creative art capable of teaching and delighting.
• Dryden, Johnson and Arnold belong to later phases of English criticism.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which critic–work pair is correctly matched?
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Explanation:
• John Crowe Ransom published The New Criticism in 1941.
• On the Sublime is traditionally attributed to Longinus.
• The Well Wrought Urn is by Cleanth Brooks, while Practical Criticism is by I.A. Richards.
• On the Sublime is traditionally attributed to Longinus.
• The Well Wrought Urn is by Cleanth Brooks, while Practical Criticism is by I.A. Richards.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which sequence gives the correct chronological order of the following critical works?
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Explanation:
• Pope's An Essay on Criticism appeared in 1711.
• Wordsworth added the Preface to Lyrical Ballads in 1800.
• Coleridge's Biographia Literaria was published in 1817.
• Arnold's The Study of Poetry appeared in 1880, so option D gives the correct sequence.
• Wordsworth added the Preface to Lyrical Ballads in 1800.
• Coleridge's Biographia Literaria was published in 1817.
• Arnold's The Study of Poetry appeared in 1880, so option D gives the correct sequence.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
The phrase poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings is associated with:
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth formulates this definition in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads.
• He immediately qualifies spontaneity by explaining that poetry originates from emotion recollected in tranquillity.
• The definition combines powerful feeling with reflective composition.
• He immediately qualifies spontaneity by explaining that poetry originates from emotion recollected in tranquillity.
• The definition combines powerful feeling with reflective composition.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
The claim that poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world appears in:
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Explanation:
• Shelley concludes A Defence of Poetry with the claim that poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
• The phrase refers to poetry's indirect power to shape moral imagination and social possibility.
• It does not assign poets formal political office.
• The phrase refers to poetry's indirect power to shape moral imagination and social possibility.
• It does not assign poets formal political office.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which critic is associated with the concept of the objective correlative?
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Explanation:
• T.S. Eliot formulates the objective correlative in Hamlet and His Problems.
• It is a set of objects, a situation or a chain of events that evokes a particular emotion.
• The concept links emotion with an adequate external artistic structure.
• It is a set of objects, a situation or a chain of events that evokes a particular emotion.
• The concept links emotion with an adequate external artistic structure.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Statement I: Cleanth Brooks considers paradox central to poetic language.
Statement II: Brooks believes that a poem can be fully replaced by a prose paraphrase.
Statement II: Brooks believes that a poem can be fully replaced by a prose paraphrase.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Brooks argues that poetry characteristically organizes meaning through paradox.
• Statement II is incorrect because Brooks calls reduction of a poem to a detachable summary the heresy of paraphrase.
• The poem's meaning is inseparable from its total verbal form.
• Statement II is incorrect because Brooks calls reduction of a poem to a detachable summary the heresy of paraphrase.
• The poem's meaning is inseparable from its total verbal form.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Assertion: Samuel Johnson defends Shakespeare's mixture of tragic and comic elements.
Reason: Johnson believes mixed drama reflects the varied conditions of human life.
Reason: Johnson believes mixed drama reflects the varied conditions of human life.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Johnson defends tragicomedy in the Preface to Shakespeare.
• The Reason is correct because human life contains pleasure and sorrow in changing combinations.
• The Reason directly explains Johnson's defence of mixed dramatic form.
• The Reason is correct because human life contains pleasure and sorrow in changing combinations.
• The Reason directly explains Johnson's defence of mixed dramatic form.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. Aristotle
2. Horace
3. Longinus
4. Sidney
List II:
a. Poet as maker
b. Catharsis
c. Dulce et utile
d. Transport through sublimity
List I:
1. Aristotle
2. Horace
3. Longinus
4. Sidney
List II:
a. Poet as maker
b. Catharsis
c. Dulce et utile
d. Transport through sublimity
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Explanation:
• Aristotle associates tragedy with catharsis through pity and fear.
• Horace recommends the union of delight and usefulness through dulce et utile.
• Longinus defines sublimity by its power to transport or elevate.
• Sidney presents the poet as a maker, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a.
• Horace recommends the union of delight and usefulness through dulce et utile.
• Longinus defines sublimity by its power to transport or elevate.
• Sidney presents the poet as a maker, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. Bhamaha
2. Vamana
3. Kuntaka
4. Kshemendra
List II:
a. Vakrokti
b. Aucitya
c. Alankara
d. Riti
List I:
1. Bhamaha
2. Vamana
3. Kuntaka
4. Kshemendra
List II:
a. Vakrokti
b. Aucitya
c. Alankara
d. Riti
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Explanation:
• Bhamaha is associated with alankara theory.
• Vamana presents riti as the soul of poetry.
• Kuntaka develops vakrokti as the life of poetic expression.
• Kshemendra systematizes aucitya, so the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
• Vamana presents riti as the soul of poetry.
• Kuntaka develops vakrokti as the life of poetic expression.
• Kshemendra systematizes aucitya, so the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Roman Jakobson is associated with the poetic function, not the intentional fallacy.
• The intentional fallacy was formulated by W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley.
• Anandavardhana, Abhinavagupta and Shklovsky are correctly matched with Dhvanyaloka, Locana and defamiliarization.
• The intentional fallacy was formulated by W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley.
• Anandavardhana, Abhinavagupta and Shklovsky are correctly matched with Dhvanyaloka, Locana and defamiliarization.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which school treats the literary work primarily as an autonomous verbal structure whose paradoxes and tensions should be analysed through close reading?
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Explanation:
• New Criticism emphasizes the autonomy of the text and the close analysis of its formal organization.
• It studies paradox, irony, tension and organic unity.
• Russian Formalism also emphasizes form, but the wording here especially reflects the New Critical vocabulary.
• It studies paradox, irony, tension and organic unity.
• Russian Formalism also emphasizes form, but the wording here especially reflects the New Critical vocabulary.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
A poem makes an ordinary object appear strange through unexpected syntax and imagery. Which pair of concepts best explains this effect?
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Explanation:
• Vakrokti explains poetic distinctiveness through oblique expression.
• Defamiliarization disrupts habitual perception and makes the familiar newly visible.
• Both concepts illuminate the transformative effect of unusual linguistic presentation.
• Defamiliarization disrupts habitual perception and makes the familiar newly visible.
• Both concepts illuminate the transformative effect of unusual linguistic presentation.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
A critic judges a poem solely by a later statement in which the poet explains what the poem was intended to mean. Which concept identifies this error?
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Explanation:
• The intentional fallacy occurs when authorial intention is treated as the final standard of meaning or value.
• Wimsatt and Beardsley argue that criticism should rely on the public evidence of the completed text.
• Affective fallacy concerns readers' responses, while mnemonic irrelevance concerns distracting personal memories.
• Wimsatt and Beardsley argue that criticism should rely on the public evidence of the completed text.
• Affective fallacy concerns readers' responses, while mnemonic irrelevance concerns distracting personal memories.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
A reader values an old poem mainly because it was historically influential, despite admitting that its poetic quality is limited. Which Arnoldian error is illustrated?
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Explanation:
• Arnold calls this distortion the historical estimate.
• It occurs when a work's historical importance is confused with its intrinsic poetic excellence.
• The real estimate attempts to judge the actual quality of the poetry.
• It occurs when a work's historical importance is confused with its intrinsic poetic excellence.
• The real estimate attempts to judge the actual quality of the poetry.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which sequence correctly orders these critics by approximate historical period?
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Explanation:
• Plato belongs to the fourth century BCE and precedes Aristotle.
• Aristotle also belongs to the fourth century BCE but is younger than Plato.
• Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus is generally placed in the first century CE.
• Sidney belongs to the sixteenth-century English Renaissance.
• Aristotle also belongs to the fourth century BCE but is younger than Plato.
• Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus is generally placed in the first century CE.
• Sidney belongs to the sixteenth-century English Renaissance.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements:
1. Eliot's historical sense links past and present literature.
2. Richards distinguishes sense, feeling, tone and intention.
3. Empson treats ambiguity only as a defect.
4. Brooks rejects reductive paraphrase.
Which statements are correct?
1. Eliot's historical sense links past and present literature.
2. Richards distinguishes sense, feeling, tone and intention.
3. Empson treats ambiguity only as a defect.
4. Brooks rejects reductive paraphrase.
Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Eliot's historical sense perceives both the pastness and presence of the past.
• Statement 2 is correct because Richards identifies four kinds of meaning.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Empson often treats ambiguity as a source of poetic richness.
• Statement 4 is correct because Brooks criticizes the heresy of paraphrase, so 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because Richards identifies four kinds of meaning.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Empson often treats ambiguity as a source of poetic richness.
• Statement 4 is correct because Brooks criticizes the heresy of paraphrase, so 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which critical disagreement is most accurately described?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth argues that there is no essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.
• Coleridge objects that metre creates heightened expectations requiring corresponding selection and arrangement.
• Their disagreement concerns poetic diction and metre, not the value of imagination or all common language.
• Coleridge objects that metre creates heightened expectations requiring corresponding selection and arrangement.
• Their disagreement concerns poetic diction and metre, not the value of imagination or all common language.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which critic would most strongly support the claim that criticism should create a free current of true and fresh ideas?
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Explanation:
• Matthew Arnold advances this view in The Function of Criticism at the Present Time.
• He sees criticism as a disinterested effort to know and circulate the best ideas.
• This intellectual climate prepares favourable conditions for major creative achievement.
• He sees criticism as a disinterested effort to know and circulate the best ideas.
• This intellectual climate prepares favourable conditions for major creative achievement.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
A critical statement argues that a poem's dominant emotional effect arises through suggestion rather than direct naming. Which theory is most relevant?
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Explanation:
• Dhvani theory explains how suggested meaning becomes more important than directly expressed meaning.
• When an aesthetic mood is suggested, the result is rasa dhvani.
• Riti concerns style, while the intentional fallacy and touchstone method address different critical problems.
• When an aesthetic mood is suggested, the result is rasa dhvani.
• Riti concerns style, while the intentional fallacy and touchstone method address different critical problems.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Assertion: Comparative criticism should not treat similar concepts from different traditions as exact equivalents.
Reason: Each concept develops within a distinct historical, linguistic and philosophical framework.
Reason: Each concept develops within a distinct historical, linguistic and philosophical framework.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because comparison should preserve difference as well as identify similarity.
• The Reason is correct because concepts such as rasa and catharsis arise from distinct intellectual traditions.
• The Reason directly explains why comparison must avoid collapsing non-identical theories into one.
• The Reason is correct because concepts such as rasa and catharsis arise from distinct intellectual traditions.
• The Reason directly explains why comparison must avoid collapsing non-identical theories into one.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which quotation–critic association is correct?
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Explanation:
• Matthew Arnold describes poetry as a criticism of life under the conditions of poetic truth and beauty.
• Cleanth Brooks, not Empson, is associated with the language of paradox.
• Shklovsky emphasizes making the familiar strange, and Wordsworth calls the poet a man speaking to men.
• Cleanth Brooks, not Empson, is associated with the language of paradox.
• Shklovsky emphasizes making the familiar strange, and Wordsworth calls the poet a man speaking to men.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which sequence correctly orders these works by publication?
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Explanation:
• Richards's Practical Criticism appeared in 1929.
• Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity followed in 1930.
• Ransom's The New Criticism was published in 1941.
• Brooks's The Well Wrought Urn appeared in 1947, so option D is correct.
• Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity followed in 1930.
• Ransom's The New Criticism was published in 1941.
• Brooks's The Well Wrought Urn appeared in 1947, so option D is correct.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
A poem fuses philosophical argument, sensuous imagery and intense emotion into one experience. Which Eliotian term best describes this quality?
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Explanation:
• Unified sensibility describes the fusion of thought, sensation and feeling.
• Eliot associates this quality especially with the Metaphysical poets.
• Dissociation of sensibility refers to their later separation.
• Eliot associates this quality especially with the Metaphysical poets.
• Dissociation of sensibility refers to their later separation.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best represents the major movements covered in literary criticism?
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Explanation:
• Classical criticism addresses imitation, genre, decorum, form and aesthetic effect.
• Romantic criticism foregrounds imagination, emotion, creativity and the role of the poet.
• Modern approaches such as Russian Formalism, practical criticism and New Criticism closely analyse language and structure.
• Indian poetics contributes major theories of rasa, dhvani, riti, vakrokti, alankara and aucitya.
• Romantic criticism foregrounds imagination, emotion, creativity and the role of the poet.
• Modern approaches such as Russian Formalism, practical criticism and New Criticism closely analyse language and structure.
• Indian poetics contributes major theories of rasa, dhvani, riti, vakrokti, alankara and aucitya.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Sir Philip Sidney సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: C. John Crowe Ransom — The New Criticism సమాధానం: C.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: D. An Essay on Criticism → Preface to Lyrical Ballads → Biographia Literaria → The Study of Poetry సమాధానం: D.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: C. William Wordsworth సమాధానం: C.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. A Defence of Poetry సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: D. T.S. Eliot సమాధానం: D.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: D. 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a సమాధానం: D.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. Roman Jakobson — intentional fallacy సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. New Criticism సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. Vakrokti and defamiliarization సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. Intentional fallacy సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. Historical estimate సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Plato → Aristotle → Longinus → Sidney సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. Wordsworth minimizes any essential difference between prose and metrical language, while Coleridge argues that metre creates special linguistic expectations. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. Matthew Arnold సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: B. Dhvani theory సమాధానం: B.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Poetry is the criticism of life — Matthew Arnold సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. Practical Criticism → Seven Types of Ambiguity → The New Criticism → The Well Wrought Urn సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: B. Unified sensibility సమాధానం: B.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: B. Classical criticism examines imitation and form, Romantic criticism emphasizes imagination and creativity, and modern formal approaches analyse language, structure and interpretation. సమాధానం: B.