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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which statement best defines Imagism?
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Explanation:
• Imagism was an early twentieth-century poetic movement that emphasized precision, clarity and concentration.
• Imagist poets sought direct treatment of the subject and rejected unnecessary ornament.
• They frequently used free verse or flexible rhythms rather than fixed traditional forms.
• The movement influenced the development of literary modernism.
• Imagist poets sought direct treatment of the subject and rejected unnecessary ornament.
• They frequently used free verse or flexible rhythms rather than fixed traditional forms.
• The movement influenced the development of literary modernism.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which poet is most closely associated with formulating and promoting the principles of Imagism?
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Explanation:
• Ezra Pound was a major organizer, promoter and theorist of Imagism.
• He helped publish and publicize the work of poets such as H.D. and Richard Aldington.
• Pound emphasized direct treatment, verbal economy and composition according to the musical phrase.
• Auden belonged to a later generation of modern poets.
• He helped publish and publicize the work of poets such as H.D. and Richard Aldington.
• Pound emphasized direct treatment, verbal economy and composition according to the musical phrase.
• Auden belonged to a later generation of modern poets.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which poet published under the initials H.D.?
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Explanation:
• H.D. was the literary name of Hilda Doolittle.
• She became one of the most important poets associated with Imagism.
• Her poetry often uses sharply defined natural and classical images.
• Pound helped identify and promote her early work as Imagist poetry.
• She became one of the most important poets associated with Imagism.
• Her poetry often uses sharply defined natural and classical images.
• Pound helped identify and promote her early work as Imagist poetry.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which poem by Ezra Pound presents faces in a crowd through a comparison with petals on a wet branch?
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Explanation:
• In a Station of the Metro is Pound's famous two-line Imagist poem.
• It juxtaposes faces in an underground station with petals on a wet, dark branch.
• The poem avoids explanatory narration and depends on precise visual association.
• Its compression demonstrates Imagist economy and concentration.
• It juxtaposes faces in an underground station with petals on a wet, dark branch.
• The poem avoids explanatory narration and depends on precise visual association.
• Its compression demonstrates Imagist economy and concentration.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which principle is fundamental to Imagist poetic economy?
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Explanation:
• Imagist poetic economy requires the removal of unnecessary words and conventional decoration.
• Each word should contribute directly to the image, rhythm or meaning.
• This principle creates compression and intensity.
• Imagism therefore opposes verbosity and excessive explanation.
• Each word should contribute directly to the image, rhythm or meaning.
• This principle creates compression and intensity.
• Imagism therefore opposes verbosity and excessive explanation.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which description best defines free verse?
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Explanation:
• Free verse does not follow a consistently regular metre or fixed rhyme scheme.
• It may still possess strong rhythm, repetition, sound pattern and structural design.
• Imagist poets used free verse to shape rhythm according to the subject and natural cadence.
• Unrhymed iambic pentameter is specifically blank verse, not free verse in general.
• It may still possess strong rhythm, repetition, sound pattern and structural design.
• Imagist poets used free verse to shape rhythm according to the subject and natural cadence.
• Unrhymed iambic pentameter is specifically blank verse, not free verse in general.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which Imagist principle recommends composing according to the sequence of the musical phrase rather than a metronomic beat?
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Explanation:
• Pound argued that poets should compose according to the musical phrase rather than a rigid metronomic pattern.
• This principle encourages flexible rhythm responsive to thought, image and speech.
• It does not eliminate poetic form but replaces mechanical regularity with organic cadence.
• The idea became important to modernist experimentation with free verse.
• This principle encourages flexible rhythm responsive to thought, image and speech.
• It does not eliminate poetic form but replaces mechanical regularity with organic cadence.
• The idea became important to modernist experimentation with free verse.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley is primarily concerned with which subject?
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Explanation:
• Hugh Selwyn Mauberley criticizes the cultural, artistic and commercial conditions of the modern age.
• The poem examines the alienation of the serious artist within a society dominated by fashion and material values.
• It also reflects on the cultural consequences of the First World War.
• Pound combines satire, literary allusion and self-examination in the work.
• The poem examines the alienation of the serious artist within a society dominated by fashion and material values.
• It also reflects on the cultural consequences of the First World War.
• Pound combines satire, literary allusion and self-examination in the work.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
In Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, the title figure is best understood as what?
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Explanation:
• Mauberley is represented as aesthetically sensitive but socially detached and artistically ineffective.
• His refinement does not produce a powerful engagement with modern life.
• Pound uses him partly to criticize excessive aesthetic withdrawal.
• The figure also allows the poem to examine tensions within modern artistic identity.
• His refinement does not produce a powerful engagement with modern life.
• Pound uses him partly to criticize excessive aesthetic withdrawal.
• The figure also allows the poem to examine tensions within modern artistic identity.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which collection is especially associated with H.D.'s early Imagist poetry?
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Explanation:
• Sea Garden is an important early collection by H.D.
• Its poems use concentrated images of flowers, sea, wind and rocky landscapes.
• The natural world is often presented as harsh, energetic and resistant to sentimental idealization.
• The collection demonstrates Imagist clarity and compression.
• Its poems use concentrated images of flowers, sea, wind and rocky landscapes.
• The natural world is often presented as harsh, energetic and resistant to sentimental idealization.
• The collection demonstrates Imagist clarity and compression.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which statement best describes H.D.'s use of classical material?
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Explanation:
• H.D. repeatedly returns to Greek myth, history and literary tradition.
• She often revises inherited narratives by emphasizing female experience, desire and identity.
• Classical material becomes a means of modern experimentation rather than passive imitation.
• Her work therefore connects Imagism with broader modernist revision of tradition.
• She often revises inherited narratives by emphasizing female experience, desire and identity.
• Classical material becomes a means of modern experimentation rather than passive imitation.
• Her work therefore connects Imagism with broader modernist revision of tradition.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which poet wrote The Unknown Citizen?
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Explanation:
• W.H. Auden wrote The Unknown Citizen.
• The poem satirizes a bureaucratic society that reduces a person's life to official records and statistical conformity.
• Its public memorial form is used ironically.
• The poem questions whether institutional measurements can define freedom or happiness.
• The poem satirizes a bureaucratic society that reduces a person's life to official records and statistical conformity.
• Its public memorial form is used ironically.
• The poem questions whether institutional measurements can define freedom or happiness.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which feature is central to Auden's political poetry of the 1930s?
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Explanation:
• Auden's 1930s poetry responds to fascism, economic inequality, political violence and the possibility of war.
• He often examines the responsibilities and limitations of intellectuals and artists.
• His political poetry combines public engagement with irony and self-questioning.
• It is therefore more complex than straightforward propaganda.
• He often examines the responsibilities and limitations of intellectuals and artists.
• His political poetry combines public engagement with irony and self-questioning.
• It is therefore more complex than straightforward propaganda.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Consider the following statements about Imagism.
Statement I: Imagists favoured direct treatment of the object or subject.
Statement II: Imagists believed that poetic quality depended on ornamental verbosity.
Statement I: Imagists favoured direct treatment of the object or subject.
Statement II: Imagists believed that poetic quality depended on ornamental verbosity.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because direct treatment was one of the movement's central principles.
• Statement II is incorrect because Imagists opposed unnecessary ornament and verbal excess.
• They aimed for precision, economy and sharply realized images.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Imagists opposed unnecessary ornament and verbal excess.
• They aimed for precision, economy and sharply realized images.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which of the following statements about In a Station of the Metro are correct?
1. It consists of two brief lines.
2. It uses juxtaposition rather than explicit explanation.
3. It presents an extended narrative about railway travel.
4. Its imagery connects an urban crowd with the natural world.
1. It consists of two brief lines.
2. It uses juxtaposition rather than explicit explanation.
3. It presents an extended narrative about railway travel.
4. Its imagery connects an urban crowd with the natural world.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because the poem is extremely brief and compressed.
• Statement 2 is correct because Pound places two images together without explaining their connection discursively.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the poem does not narrate a railway journey.
• Statement 4 is correct because faces in the urban crowd are compared with petals on a branch.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Pound places two images together without explaining their connection discursively.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the poem does not narrate a railway journey.
• Statement 4 is correct because faces in the urban crowd are compared with petals on a branch.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Assertion: Hugh Selwyn Mauberley is both a cultural critique and an examination of artistic identity.
Reason: The poem explores the artist's difficulty in finding value and relevance within commercial modern society.
Reason: The poem explores the artist's difficulty in finding value and relevance within commercial modern society.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the poem criticizes modern culture while also examining possible failures of the artist.
• The Reason is correct because commercial values and cultural superficiality isolate serious artistic endeavour.
• Mauberley's withdrawal also reveals the limitations of aesthetic detachment.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because commercial values and cultural superficiality isolate serious artistic endeavour.
• Mauberley's withdrawal also reveals the limitations of aesthetic detachment.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Ezra Pound
2. H.D.
3. W.H. Auden
4. Imagism
List II
i. Sea Garden
ii. Direct treatment and verbal economy
iii. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
iv. The Unknown Citizen
List I
1. Ezra Pound
2. H.D.
3. W.H. Auden
4. Imagism
List II
i. Sea Garden
ii. Direct treatment and verbal economy
iii. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
iv. The Unknown Citizen
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ezra Pound matches iii because he wrote Hugh Selwyn Mauberley.
• H.D. matches i because Sea Garden is an important collection of her early poetry.
• W.H. Auden matches iv because he wrote The Unknown Citizen.
• Imagism matches ii because it emphasizes direct treatment and verbal economy.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii.
• H.D. matches i because Sea Garden is an important collection of her early poetry.
• W.H. Auden matches iv because he wrote The Unknown Citizen.
• Imagism matches ii because it emphasizes direct treatment and verbal economy.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which sequence gives the correct chronological order?
1. Publication of Des Imagistes
2. Publication of Sea Garden
3. Publication of Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
4. Publication of Auden's Poems
1. Publication of Des Imagistes
2. Publication of Sea Garden
3. Publication of Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
4. Publication of Auden's Poems
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Explanation:
• Des Imagistes, edited by Pound, appeared in 1914.
• H.D.'s Sea Garden was published in 1916.
• Hugh Selwyn Mauberley appeared in 1920.
• The first commercially published edition of Auden's Poems appeared in 1930.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• H.D.'s Sea Garden was published in 1916.
• Hugh Selwyn Mauberley appeared in 1920.
• The first commercially published edition of Auden's Poems appeared in 1930.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Hugh Selwyn Mauberley is a modernist sequence concerned with cultural decline, artistic failure and modern society.
• It is not a Victorian pastoral idyll.
• In a Station of the Metro is by Pound, Sea Garden is by H.D. and The Unknown Citizen is by Auden.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
• It is not a Victorian pastoral idyll.
• In a Station of the Metro is by Pound, Sea Garden is by H.D. and The Unknown Citizen is by Auden.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which statement best explains Auden's use of irony in The Unknown Citizen?
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Explanation:
• The poem imitates the language of an official public memorial.
• Its apparently positive statistics reveal that the citizen has been reduced to measurable conformity.
• Questions about individual freedom and happiness remain unanswered by the system.
• The irony arises from the gap between bureaucratic praise and human absence.
• Its apparently positive statistics reveal that the citizen has been reduced to measurable conformity.
• Questions about individual freedom and happiness remain unanswered by the system.
• The irony arises from the gap between bureaucratic praise and human absence.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which statement best describes the public voice in Auden's poetry?
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Explanation:
• Auden frequently writes about war, ideology, citizenship, history and public responsibility.
• His speakers often question whether poetry and political language can produce direct social change.
• Irony prevents the public voice from becoming completely certain or propagandistic.
• Auden also employs considerable formal and tonal variety.
• His speakers often question whether poetry and political language can produce direct social change.
• Irony prevents the public voice from becoming completely certain or propagandistic.
• Auden also employs considerable formal and tonal variety.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Consider the following statements about Auden's In Memory of W.B. Yeats.
Statement I: The poem reflects on the relation between poetry and historical suffering.
Statement II: The poem claims that a poet can directly control political events through verse.
Statement I: The poem reflects on the relation between poetry and historical suffering.
Statement II: The poem claims that a poet can directly control political events through verse.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the elegy considers Yeats's death within a world of war, isolation and political crisis.
• Statement II is incorrect because Auden questions the direct practical power of poetry over events.
• The poem nevertheless suggests that poetry survives by entering the language and experience of readers.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Auden questions the direct practical power of poetry over events.
• The poem nevertheless suggests that poetry survives by entering the language and experience of readers.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which of the following statements correctly compare Pound and Auden?
1. Pound helped shape Imagism and modernist experimentation.
2. Auden frequently engaged with modern political and social institutions.
3. Both poets employ allusion, irony and formal experimentation.
4. Both poets remained committed exclusively to concise two-line lyrics.
1. Pound helped shape Imagism and modernist experimentation.
2. Auden frequently engaged with modern political and social institutions.
3. Both poets employ allusion, irony and formal experimentation.
4. Both poets remained committed exclusively to concise two-line lyrics.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Pound was central to Imagism and broader modernist innovation.
• Statement 2 is correct because Auden examined fascism, war, bureaucracy and collective responsibility.
• Statement 3 is correct because both poets use inherited forms and references in experimental ways.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because both wrote substantial works in many different forms.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Auden examined fascism, war, bureaucracy and collective responsibility.
• Statement 3 is correct because both poets use inherited forms and references in experimental ways.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because both wrote substantial works in many different forms.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which comparison between Imagism and Auden's political poetry is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Imagism seeks precision through concentrated images, economy and rhythmic freedom.
• Auden often addresses broader structures such as the state, ideology, war and public morality.
• Auden can also write concise and image-based poetry, so the distinction is one of dominant emphasis.
• Both contribute to early twentieth-century experimentation through different poetic strategies.
• Auden often addresses broader structures such as the state, ideology, war and public morality.
• Auden can also write concise and image-based poetry, so the distinction is one of dominant emphasis.
• Both contribute to early twentieth-century experimentation through different poetic strategies.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best describes early twentieth-century experimentation represented by Imagism, Pound and Auden?
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Explanation:
• Imagism developed concise presentation, exact imagery and flexible rhythms.
• Pound extended modernist experimentation through quotation, satire, historical reference and cultural criticism.
• Auden brought irony, public speech and political analysis into diverse poetic forms.
• Together, these developments expanded poetry's capacity to represent urban life, cultural disruption and modern social institutions.
• Pound extended modernist experimentation through quotation, satire, historical reference and cultural criticism.
• Auden brought irony, public speech and political analysis into diverse poetic forms.
• Together, these developments expanded poetry's capacity to represent urban life, cultural disruption and modern social institutions.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. A movement favouring precise images, concise language and rhythmic freedom సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Ezra Pound సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Hilda Doolittle సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. In a Station of the Metro సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Use no word that does not contribute to the presentation సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Verse not governed by a regular fixed metre or rhyme scheme సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Rhythmic flexibility shaped by musical cadence సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. The failure of modern culture to value serious art సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. An aesthetically refined but ineffectual artist సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Sea Garden సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. She reworks classical figures through modern and often gender-conscious perspectives సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. W.H. Auden సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Engagement with fascism, economic crisis, war and collective responsibility సమాధానం: A.
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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: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: B. 1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii సమాధానం: B.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: D. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley — Victorian pastoral idyll సమాధానం: D.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. The official praise unintentionally reveals the dehumanizing limits of bureaucratic judgement సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. It addresses collective events while often questioning the adequacy of political language సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. Imagism emphasizes concentrated presentation, while Auden often expands poetic attention to institutions, history and public responsibility సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: D. It combines formal economy, free verse, cultural critique, irony and new ways of representing modern experience సమాధానం: D.