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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which poem by Rupert Brooke presents the death of an English soldier abroad as creating a part of England in foreign soil?
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Explanation:
• The Soldier is Rupert Brooke's best-known First World War sonnet.
• Its speaker imagines that his burial abroad will make the foreign ground forever associated with England.
• The poem reflects the idealistic and patriotic tone found in some early war poetry.
• Brooke's vision differs sharply from the later trench realism of Owen and Sassoon.
• Its speaker imagines that his burial abroad will make the foreign ground forever associated with England.
• The poem reflects the idealistic and patriotic tone found in some early war poetry.
• Brooke's vision differs sharply from the later trench realism of Owen and Sassoon.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which phrase did Wilfred Owen use in his projected preface to describe the central subject of his war poetry?
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Explanation:
• Owen stated that his subject was war and the pity of war.
• His poetry exposes physical suffering, psychological trauma and the falsity of conventional patriotic rhetoric.
• The phrase distinguishes his work from celebratory accounts of combat.
• Many of Owen's major poems were published posthumously after his death in 1918.
• His poetry exposes physical suffering, psychological trauma and the falsity of conventional patriotic rhetoric.
• The phrase distinguishes his work from celebratory accounts of combat.
• Many of Owen's major poems were published posthumously after his death in 1918.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which poem by Wilfred Owen bitterly challenges the claim that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country?
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Explanation:
• Dulce et Decorum Est attacks the traditional Latin ideal of patriotic self-sacrifice.
• The poem presents exhausted soldiers and the horrifying effects of a gas attack.
• Its final address condemns the transmission of heroic falsehoods to the young.
• The contrast between the elevated motto and brutal experience produces the poem's irony.
• The poem presents exhausted soldiers and the horrifying effects of a gas attack.
• Its final address condemns the transmission of heroic falsehoods to the young.
• The contrast between the elevated motto and brutal experience produces the poem's irony.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which traditional poetic form is adapted in Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth?
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Explanation:
• Anthem for Doomed Youth is a fourteen-line sonnet.
• Owen adapts the form to contrast battlefield sounds with the absent rituals of civilian mourning.
• Guns and shells replace church bells, prayers and choirs.
• The poem joins formal control with grief and anger.
• Owen adapts the form to contrast battlefield sounds with the absent rituals of civilian mourning.
• Guns and shells replace church bells, prayers and choirs.
• The poem joins formal control with grief and anger.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which poet wrote Suicide in the Trenches?
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Explanation:
• Siegfried Sassoon wrote Suicide in the Trenches.
• The poem begins with a simple soldier's earlier cheerfulness and then reveals his suicide during winter warfare.
• Its conclusion attacks civilians who celebrate soldiers without understanding trench suffering.
• Sassoon's direct satire differs from Brooke's early idealism.
• The poem begins with a simple soldier's earlier cheerfulness and then reveals his suicide during winter warfare.
• Its conclusion attacks civilians who celebrate soldiers without understanding trench suffering.
• Sassoon's direct satire differs from Brooke's early idealism.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
What was distinctive about Siegfried Sassoon's 1917 declaration against the continuation of the war?
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Explanation:
• Sassoon issued a public statement declaring that he believed the war was being deliberately prolonged.
• His protest challenged political and military authority while he was still an army officer.
• Friends and officials treated him as suffering from war-related mental strain, and he was sent to Craiglockhart.
• The episode reflects the close relation between his poetry, conscience and political protest.
• His protest challenged political and military authority while he was still an army officer.
• Friends and officials treated him as suffering from war-related mental strain, and he was sent to Craiglockhart.
• The episode reflects the close relation between his poetry, conscience and political protest.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which description best distinguishes Rupert Brooke's early war poetry from the mature war poetry of Owen and Sassoon?
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Explanation:
• Brooke's early war sonnets often present sacrifice through patriotic and idealizing language.
• Owen and Sassoon write from direct experience of trench warfare and emphasize mutilation, fear, waste and anger.
• The difference reflects a broader shift in First World War poetry from enthusiasm to disillusionment.
• The contrast is one of dominant attitude rather than a rule governing every poem.
• Owen and Sassoon write from direct experience of trench warfare and emphasize mutilation, fear, waste and anger.
• The difference reflects a broader shift in First World War poetry from enthusiasm to disillusionment.
• The contrast is one of dominant attitude rather than a rule governing every poem.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which poet wrote Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night?
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Explanation:
• Dylan Thomas wrote Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.
• The poem urges resistance against death and is addressed in part to the poet's dying father.
• It uses repetition and strict formal pattern to intensify emotional pressure.
• The poem is one of the best-known modern examples of the villanelle.
• The poem urges resistance against death and is addressed in part to the poet's dying father.
• It uses repetition and strict formal pattern to intensify emotional pressure.
• The poem is one of the best-known modern examples of the villanelle.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which poem by Dylan Thomas reflects on childhood, time and the loss of pastoral innocence?
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Explanation:
• Fern Hill recalls childhood freedom on a farm through rich musical and pastoral imagery.
• The adult speaker recognizes that the child was already subject to time even while feeling timeless.
• The poem moves from delight toward an acceptance of mortality and loss.
• Memory transforms the childhood place without restoring it literally.
• The adult speaker recognizes that the child was already subject to time even while feeling timeless.
• The poem moves from delight toward an acceptance of mortality and loss.
• Memory transforms the childhood place without restoring it literally.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which group of poets is most closely associated with The Movement in 1950s Britain?
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Explanation:
• The Movement is associated with poets who often valued clarity, formal control, irony and empirical observation.
• Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Donald Davie and Thom Gunn are commonly linked with it.
• The group reacted against excessive rhetorical grandeur and some forms of modernist obscurity.
• The label describes shared tendencies rather than a rigidly organized school.
• Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Donald Davie and Thom Gunn are commonly linked with it.
• The group reacted against excessive rhetorical grandeur and some forms of modernist obscurity.
• The label describes shared tendencies rather than a rigidly organized school.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which Philip Larkin collection established his major postwar reputation in 1955?
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Explanation:
• The Less Deceived was published in 1955 and established Larkin's mature reputation.
• Its poems develop his characteristic combination of plain diction, formal control, irony and emotional restraint.
• The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows appeared later.
• North Ship is an earlier collection whose style Larkin later regarded as less representative of his mature work.
• Its poems develop his characteristic combination of plain diction, formal control, irony and emotional restraint.
• The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows appeared later.
• North Ship is an earlier collection whose style Larkin later regarded as less representative of his mature work.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
In Larkin's Church Going, why does the speaker repeatedly visit churches despite his scepticism?
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Explanation:
• The speaker begins with awkward curiosity and scepticism about organized religion.
• He gradually recognizes that churches remain connected with marriage, birth, death and the human hunger for seriousness.
• The poem neither restores simple belief nor dismisses sacred places as meaningless.
• Its reflective uncertainty is characteristic of Larkin's postwar voice.
• He gradually recognizes that churches remain connected with marriage, birth, death and the human hunger for seriousness.
• The poem neither restores simple belief nor dismisses sacred places as meaningless.
• Its reflective uncertainty is characteristic of Larkin's postwar voice.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Consider the following statements about Philip Larkin.
Statement I: His mature poetry often combines conversational diction with traditional stanzaic control.
Statement II: His poetry consistently celebrates technological progress and collective optimism.
Statement I: His mature poetry often combines conversational diction with traditional stanzaic control.
Statement II: His poetry consistently celebrates technological progress and collective optimism.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Larkin frequently uses accessible speech within carefully controlled rhyme and stanza forms.
• Statement II is incorrect because his poetry is often sceptical about progress, public optimism and modern social promises.
• He examines loneliness, ageing, desire and institutional change with irony.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because his poetry is often sceptical about progress, public optimism and modern social promises.
• He examines loneliness, ageing, desire and institutional change with irony.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which poem by Ted Hughes presents a predatory bird speaking with absolute confidence in its own power?
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Explanation:
• Hawk Roosting is spoken by a hawk that imagines itself as the centre and master of creation.
• The monologue explores instinct, violence, authority and self-justifying power.
• Readers may interpret the hawk as an animal presence, a political symbol or both.
• Hughes does not supply an external moral commentary that settles the interpretation.
• The monologue explores instinct, violence, authority and self-justifying power.
• Readers may interpret the hawk as an animal presence, a political symbol or both.
• Hughes does not supply an external moral commentary that settles the interpretation.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which description best characterizes Ted Hughes's animal poetry?
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Explanation:
• Hughes's animals are often forceful presences with instincts and energies that exceed human moral categories.
• Poems such as Pike, Hawk Roosting and The Jaguar emphasize violence, concentration and bodily power.
• His language is frequently dense, tactile and energetic.
• The poetry resists sentimental representations of nature as uniformly gentle.
• Poems such as Pike, Hawk Roosting and The Jaguar emphasize violence, concentration and bodily power.
• His language is frequently dense, tactile and energetic.
• The poetry resists sentimental representations of nature as uniformly gentle.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which collection introduced Ted Hughes to a wide readership in 1957?
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Explanation:
• The Hawk in the Rain was Hughes's first major collection and appeared in 1957.
• It established his reputation for powerful animal imagery and energetic language.
• Lupercal followed in 1960, while Crow and Birthday Letters belong to later phases.
• The collection marked a significant departure from the restrained style associated with much Movement poetry.
• It established his reputation for powerful animal imagery and energetic language.
• Lupercal followed in 1960, while Crow and Birthday Letters belong to later phases.
• The collection marked a significant departure from the restrained style associated with much Movement poetry.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which poem opens Seamus Heaney's first major collection and compares writing with agricultural labour?
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Explanation:
• Digging opens Death of a Naturalist and establishes Heaney's concern with work, inheritance and poetic vocation.
• The speaker observes his father and remembers his grandfather cutting turf and working the soil.
• He accepts that he will use a pen rather than a spade while preserving continuity with family labour.
• The comparison links writing to skill, memory and place.
• The speaker observes his father and remembers his grandfather cutting turf and working the soil.
• He accepts that he will use a pen rather than a spade while preserving continuity with family labour.
• The comparison links writing to skill, memory and place.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which aspect of Seamus Heaney's poetry is especially evident in the bog poems?
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Explanation:
• Heaney's bog poems draw on preserved bodies discovered in peat landscapes.
• These bodies become images through which the poems explore ritual killing, historical memory and contemporary violence.
• The poems often connect ancient sacrifice with the conflict in Northern Ireland.
• Heaney also questions the ethical risks of turning suffering into symbolic art.
• These bodies become images through which the poems explore ritual killing, historical memory and contemporary violence.
• The poems often connect ancient sacrifice with the conflict in Northern Ireland.
• Heaney also questions the ethical risks of turning suffering into symbolic art.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• The Hawk in the Rain is a collection by Ted Hughes, not Philip Larkin.
• Brooke wrote The Soldier, Owen wrote Anthem for Doomed Youth and Sassoon wrote Suicide in the Trenches.
• Larkin's major collections include The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
• Brooke wrote The Soldier, Owen wrote Anthem for Doomed Youth and Sassoon wrote Suicide in the Trenches.
• Larkin's major collections include The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Rupert Brooke
2. Wilfred Owen
3. Philip Larkin
4. Seamus Heaney
List II
i. The Whitsun Weddings
ii. The Soldier
iii. Digging
iv. Dulce et Decorum Est
List I
1. Rupert Brooke
2. Wilfred Owen
3. Philip Larkin
4. Seamus Heaney
List II
i. The Whitsun Weddings
ii. The Soldier
iii. Digging
iv. Dulce et Decorum Est
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Rupert Brooke matches ii because he wrote The Soldier.
• Wilfred Owen matches iv because he wrote Dulce et Decorum Est.
• Philip Larkin matches i because he wrote The Whitsun Weddings.
• Seamus Heaney matches iii because he wrote Digging.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-iii.
• Wilfred Owen matches iv because he wrote Dulce et Decorum Est.
• Philip Larkin matches i because he wrote The Whitsun Weddings.
• Seamus Heaney matches iii because he wrote Digging.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-iii.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which sequence gives the correct chronological order of publication?
1. Brooke's 1914 and Other Poems
2. Owen's Poems edited by Sassoon and Sitwell
3. Thomas's Deaths and Entrances
4. Larkin's The Less Deceived
1. Brooke's 1914 and Other Poems
2. Owen's Poems edited by Sassoon and Sitwell
3. Thomas's Deaths and Entrances
4. Larkin's The Less Deceived
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Explanation:
• Brooke's 1914 and Other Poems appeared in 1915.
• The first collected edition of Owen's Poems, edited by Siegfried Sassoon and Edith Sitwell, appeared in 1920.
• Dylan Thomas's Deaths and Entrances was published in 1946.
• Larkin's The Less Deceived appeared in 1955.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• The first collected edition of Owen's Poems, edited by Siegfried Sassoon and Edith Sitwell, appeared in 1920.
• Dylan Thomas's Deaths and Entrances was published in 1946.
• Larkin's The Less Deceived appeared in 1955.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Assertion: Heaney's poetry of place is also frequently poetry of memory.
Reason: Landscapes, tools and place-names often recover family history and buried cultural experience.
Reason: Landscapes, tools and place-names often recover family history and buried cultural experience.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Heaney's landscapes are rarely neutral settings.
• The Reason is correct because fields, bogs, wells, tools and names evoke personal inheritance and collective history.
• Place becomes a medium through which the past enters present consciousness.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because fields, bogs, wells, tools and names evoke personal inheritance and collective history.
• Place becomes a medium through which the past enters present consciousness.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which of the following statements about postwar British poetic styles are correct?
1. Movement poetry often values restraint and clarity.
2. Dylan Thomas frequently uses dense sound patterning and rhetorical intensity.
3. Ted Hughes presents nature as consistently gentle and morally reassuring.
4. Heaney often connects local place with history and memory.
1. Movement poetry often values restraint and clarity.
2. Dylan Thomas frequently uses dense sound patterning and rhetorical intensity.
3. Ted Hughes presents nature as consistently gentle and morally reassuring.
4. Heaney often connects local place with history and memory.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Movement poets commonly favour clarity, formal discipline and scepticism.
• Statement 2 is correct because Dylan Thomas's poetry is notable for musical density, repetition and verbal energy.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Hughes frequently represents violent and unsettling natural forces.
• Statement 4 is correct because Heaney repeatedly links local landscapes with personal and political memory.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Dylan Thomas's poetry is notable for musical density, repetition and verbal energy.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Hughes frequently represents violent and unsettling natural forces.
• Statement 4 is correct because Heaney repeatedly links local landscapes with personal and political memory.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which comparison between Owen and Sassoon is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Owen's poetry often combines compassion for soldiers with intricate sound patterns, imagery and formal experiment.
• Sassoon frequently adopts a more direct satirical voice against generals, politicians and uninformed civilians.
• Both poets expose the suffering and waste of war, but their characteristic tones differ.
• Option A gives the most accurate comparison.
• Sassoon frequently adopts a more direct satirical voice against generals, politicians and uninformed civilians.
• Both poets expose the suffering and waste of war, but their characteristic tones differ.
• Option A gives the most accurate comparison.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best describes war poetry and postwar British poetry?
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Explanation:
• First World War poetry ranges from Brooke's early idealism to the pity, anger and disillusionment of Owen and Sassoon.
• Postwar poets develop sharply different styles, including Thomas's musical intensity, Larkin's restraint, Hughes's violent natural energies and Heaney's poetry of memory and place.
• These poets connect private experience with social and historical pressures.
• The tradition is therefore diverse rather than stylistically uniform.
• Postwar poets develop sharply different styles, including Thomas's musical intensity, Larkin's restraint, Hughes's violent natural energies and Heaney's poetry of memory and place.
• These poets connect private experience with social and historical pressures.
• The tradition is therefore diverse rather than stylistically uniform.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. The Soldier సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: C. The pity of war సమాధానం: C.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: A. Dulce et Decorum Est సమాధానం: A.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. The sonnet సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Siegfried Sassoon సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. It publicly protested what he regarded as the deliberate prolongation of the conflict సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Brooke often idealizes sacrifice, while Owen and Sassoon expose suffering and disillusionment సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Dylan Thomas సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: B. Fern Hill సమాధానం: B.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: C. Poets favouring clarity, restraint and scepticism toward grand Romantic claims సమాధానం: C.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. The Less Deceived సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. He senses that such places preserve serious human needs and rituals సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: D. Hawk Roosting సమాధానం: D.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. It often explores instinct, violence and non-human energies resistant to sentimental control సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. The Hawk in the Rain సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: D. Digging సమాధానం: D.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. The use of preserved bodies and landscapes to explore memory and political violence సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: D. Philip Larkin — The Hawk in the Rain సమాధానం: D.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: B. 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-iii సమాధానం: B.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. Owen often combines pity with complex imagery and sound, while Sassoon frequently uses direct satire against military and civilian complacency సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. It moves from varied responses to modern conflict toward diverse postwar styles concerned with memory, society, violence and place సమాధానం: A.