Please keep at least one language enabled. || కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Henry Derozio is most closely associated with which intellectual movement in colonial Bengal?
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Explanation:
• Henry Derozio taught at Hindu College in Calcutta and inspired a group of radical young intellectuals.
• His students and followers became associated with the Young Bengal movement.
• The movement encouraged rational inquiry, social reform and criticism of inherited authority.
• Derozio is also regarded as an important early Indian poet writing in English.
• His students and followers became associated with the Young Bengal movement.
• The movement encouraged rational inquiry, social reform and criticism of inherited authority.
• Derozio is also regarded as an important early Indian poet writing in English.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Who wrote the narrative poem The Fakir of Jungheera?
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Explanation:
• Henry Derozio wrote The Fakir of Jungheera.
• The poem presents the tragic love of the fakir and Nuleeni against the background of social custom and religious orthodoxy.
• It reflects Derozio's engagement with Indian subjects through English Romantic poetic conventions.
• Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu belong to later phases of Indian English poetry.
• The poem presents the tragic love of the fakir and Nuleeni against the background of social custom and religious orthodoxy.
• It reflects Derozio's engagement with Indian subjects through English Romantic poetic conventions.
• Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu belong to later phases of Indian English poetry.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which collection by Toru Dutt retells stories from Indian mythology and legend in English verse?
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Explanation:
• Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is Toru Dutt's posthumously published collection of narrative poems.
• It retells figures and episodes from Indian mythology, legend and epic tradition.
• The collection demonstrates Dutt's attempt to interpret Indian cultural materials through English literary forms.
• The other three collections are associated with Sarojini Naidu.
• It retells figures and episodes from Indian mythology, legend and epic tradition.
• The collection demonstrates Dutt's attempt to interpret Indian cultural materials through English literary forms.
• The other three collections are associated with Sarojini Naidu.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which theme is central to Toru Dutt's Our Casuarina Tree?
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Explanation:
• Our Casuarina Tree connects the natural image of the tree with memories of the poet's deceased siblings.
• The tree becomes a symbol of childhood, family affection and personal loss.
• The poem also reflects the experience of distance and exile from a remembered homeland.
• Dutt seeks to preserve the tree and its associations through poetry.
• The tree becomes a symbol of childhood, family affection and personal loss.
• The poem also reflects the experience of distance and exile from a remembered homeland.
• Dutt seeks to preserve the tree and its associations through poetry.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which poem by Sarojini Naidu presents the colourful goods and occupations of an Indian marketplace?
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Explanation:
• In the Bazaars of Hyderabad presents merchants, vendors, craftsmen, musicians and flower-girls through a series of questions and answers.
• Its rich colours, sounds and objects create a vivid image of Indian cultural life.
• The poem is often interpreted as affirming indigenous production and identity under colonial rule.
• The other options are also poems by Naidu but focus on different occupations and themes.
• Its rich colours, sounds and objects create a vivid image of Indian cultural life.
• The poem is often interpreted as affirming indigenous production and identity under colonial rule.
• The other options are also poems by Naidu but focus on different occupations and themes.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which collection established Sarojini Naidu's early reputation as a lyric poet?
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Explanation:
• The Golden Threshold was Sarojini Naidu's first major collection of poetry.
• It was published in 1905 and helped establish her reputation in India and Britain.
• Her lyrics are known for musicality, sensuous imagery and Indian subjects.
• The other collections are associated with Kamala Das, Nissim Ezekiel and Arun Kolatkar.
• It was published in 1905 and helped establish her reputation in India and Britain.
• Her lyrics are known for musicality, sensuous imagery and Indian subjects.
• The other collections are associated with Kamala Das, Nissim Ezekiel and Arun Kolatkar.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which poem by Nissim Ezekiel presents a rural community's reactions to a woman's suffering after being stung?
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Explanation:
• Night of the Scorpion describes villagers gathering after the speaker's mother is stung by a scorpion.
• Their beliefs, prayers and explanations are presented alongside the father's rational efforts to cure her.
• The conclusion emphasizes the mother's selfless concern for her children.
• The poem combines irony, social observation and emotional restraint.
• Their beliefs, prayers and explanations are presented alongside the father's rational efforts to cure her.
• The conclusion emphasizes the mother's selfless concern for her children.
• The poem combines irony, social observation and emotional restraint.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
What is primarily satirized in Nissim Ezekiel's Very Indian Poem in Indian English?
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Explanation:
• The poem imitates recognizable features of Indian English for comic and satirical effect.
• Its speaker comments on social discipline, national habits, modernization and cultural identity.
• Ezekiel uses linguistic deviation deliberately rather than from lack of control over English.
• The poem raises questions about ownership, localization and the legitimacy of Indian varieties of English.
• Its speaker comments on social discipline, national habits, modernization and cultural identity.
• Ezekiel uses linguistic deviation deliberately rather than from lack of control over English.
• The poem raises questions about ownership, localization and the legitimacy of Indian varieties of English.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which poem by A.K. Ramanujan criticizes earlier poets for praising a river while ignoring the human suffering caused by its floods?
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Explanation:
• A River describes the Vaigai River at Madurai and contrasts poetic convention with human suffering.
• Earlier poets celebrate the river's beauty but overlook the people and animals affected by floods.
• Ramanujan criticizes both traditional and modern poets for repeating inherited descriptions without moral attention.
• The poem combines irony, place and reflection on poetic responsibility.
• Earlier poets celebrate the river's beauty but overlook the people and animals affected by floods.
• Ramanujan criticizes both traditional and modern poets for repeating inherited descriptions without moral attention.
• The poem combines irony, place and reflection on poetic responsibility.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which A.K. Ramanujan poem presents an ironic account of a father's death and the limited inheritance he leaves behind?
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Explanation:
• Obituary reflects on the death of the speaker's father through irony and restrained emotion.
• The poem lists debts, daughters, rituals and minor traces left behind by the deceased.
• It questions conventional forms of family remembrance and public commemoration.
• Ramanujan transforms personal memory into a meditation on inheritance and cultural practice.
• The poem lists debts, daughters, rituals and minor traces left behind by the deceased.
• It questions conventional forms of family remembrance and public commemoration.
• Ramanujan transforms personal memory into a meditation on inheritance and cultural practice.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which poem by Kamala Das openly addresses language, female identity, desire and resistance to prescribed gender roles?
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Explanation:
• An Introduction is one of Kamala Das's most important poems of identity and self-assertion.
• The speaker defends her use of English and refuses restrictive definitions of female behaviour.
• Personal experience becomes connected with language, sexuality, politics and gender.
• The poem's direct voice contributed significantly to modern Indian English confessional poetry.
• The speaker defends her use of English and refuses restrictive definitions of female behaviour.
• Personal experience becomes connected with language, sexuality, politics and gender.
• The poem's direct voice contributed significantly to modern Indian English confessional poetry.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which collection was Kamala Das's first published volume of English poetry?
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Explanation:
• Summer in Calcutta was Kamala Das's first collection of English poetry, published in 1965.
• It introduced her candid treatment of desire, marriage, the body and female subjectivity.
• Her poetry challenged conventions governing women's speech in Indian society.
• The Descendants and The Old Playhouse and Other Poems appeared later.
• It introduced her candid treatment of desire, marriage, the body and female subjectivity.
• Her poetry challenged conventions governing women's speech in Indian society.
• The Descendants and The Old Playhouse and Other Poems appeared later.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which Indian English poet became the first to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award for poetry in English?
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Explanation:
• Jayanta Mahapatra received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981 for his long poem Relationship.
• He was the first Indian poet writing in English to receive the award for English poetry.
• His work frequently explores Odisha's landscapes, history, hunger, ritual and memory.
• The achievement marked greater institutional recognition of Indian English poetry.
• He was the first Indian poet writing in English to receive the award for English poetry.
• His work frequently explores Odisha's landscapes, history, hunger, ritual and memory.
• The achievement marked greater institutional recognition of Indian English poetry.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which poem by Jayanta Mahapatra portrays poverty, sexual exploitation and moral discomfort through an encounter near the sea?
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Explanation:
• Hunger presents a disturbing encounter involving a poor fisherman, his daughter and the speaker.
• The poem connects economic deprivation with sexual exploitation and moral unease.
• Its coastal setting intensifies the atmosphere of decay, desperation and physical need.
• Mahapatra avoids sentimental treatment and exposes the speaker's own compromised position.
• The poem connects economic deprivation with sexual exploitation and moral unease.
• Its coastal setting intensifies the atmosphere of decay, desperation and physical need.
• Mahapatra avoids sentimental treatment and exposes the speaker's own compromised position.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which long poem by Derek Walcott reworks Homeric epic within a Caribbean setting?
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Explanation:
• Omeros is Derek Walcott's major long poem set largely in Saint Lucia.
• It reworks Homeric names, journeys and conflicts within Caribbean history and landscape.
• The poem addresses colonialism, slavery, memory, identity and the legacy of European literary tradition.
• Walcott adapts epic rather than merely reproducing a classical model.
• It reworks Homeric names, journeys and conflicts within Caribbean history and landscape.
• The poem addresses colonialism, slavery, memory, identity and the legacy of European literary tradition.
• Walcott adapts epic rather than merely reproducing a classical model.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Kamau Brathwaite's concept of nation language chiefly refers to what?
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Explanation:
• Brathwaite uses nation language for Caribbean forms of expression shaped by African linguistic, rhythmic and oral traditions.
• The concept challenges the authority of standard colonial English as the only legitimate literary medium.
• Nation language incorporates speech rhythms, music, performance and local cultural memory.
• It is central to linguistic decolonization in Caribbean poetry.
• The concept challenges the authority of standard colonial English as the only legitimate literary medium.
• Nation language incorporates speech rhythms, music, performance and local cultural memory.
• It is central to linguistic decolonization in Caribbean poetry.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which poem by Wole Soyinka satirizes racial prejudice through a conversation about renting accommodation?
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Explanation:
• Telephone Conversation dramatizes an exchange between an African man and a white landlady.
• The landlady's obsessive questions about skin colour expose the absurdity and violence of racism.
• Soyinka uses irony, pauses, colour imagery and verbal wit to reverse the power of the interrogation.
• The poem connects everyday communication with colonial and racial structures.
• The landlady's obsessive questions about skin colour expose the absurdity and violence of racism.
• Soyinka uses irony, pauses, colour imagery and verbal wit to reverse the power of the interrogation.
• The poem connects everyday communication with colonial and racial structures.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Consider the following statements about Wole Soyinka's poetry.
Statement I: His poetry frequently combines African cultural materials with modern literary techniques.
Statement II: His treatment of colonialism and race is limited to direct political slogans without irony or symbolism.
Statement I: His poetry frequently combines African cultural materials with modern literary techniques.
Statement II: His treatment of colonialism and race is limited to direct political slogans without irony or symbolism.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Soyinka draws upon Yoruba mythology, ritual, history and oral tradition within modern poetic forms.
• Statement II is incorrect because his poetry frequently uses irony, dramatic voice, symbolism and complex imagery.
• Telephone Conversation, for example, attacks racism through comic verbal tension rather than simple slogan-making.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because his poetry frequently uses irony, dramatic voice, symbolism and complex imagery.
• Telephone Conversation, for example, attacks racism through comic verbal tension rather than simple slogan-making.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following statements about postcolonial poetry are correct?
1. It may challenge colonial versions of history and identity.
2. It frequently experiments with indigenous, Creole or localized forms of English.
3. Diaspora may produce divided or multiple cultural affiliations.
4. Decolonization requires poets to avoid every inherited European literary form.
1. It may challenge colonial versions of history and identity.
2. It frequently experiments with indigenous, Creole or localized forms of English.
3. Diaspora may produce divided or multiple cultural affiliations.
4. Decolonization requires poets to avoid every inherited European literary form.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because postcolonial poets often revise histories shaped by colonial authority.
• Statement 2 is correct because language may be localized through syntax, rhythm, vocabulary and oral traditions.
• Statement 3 is correct because diaspora can create complex attachments to several places and cultures.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because poets may appropriate and transform European forms rather than simply reject them.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because language may be localized through syntax, rhythm, vocabulary and oral traditions.
• Statement 3 is correct because diaspora can create complex attachments to several places and cultures.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because poets may appropriate and transform European forms rather than simply reject them.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Assertion: Language choice can become an act of decolonization in postcolonial poetry.
Reason: Poets may reshape colonial languages through local rhythms, idioms and cultural references.
Reason: Poets may reshape colonial languages through local rhythms, idioms and cultural references.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because language carries histories of education, authority and cultural power.
• The Reason is correct because poets can alter English through indigenous speech patterns, oral forms and local experience.
• Such transformation challenges the idea that only standard colonial usage is legitimate.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains how language choice can participate in decolonization.
• The Reason is correct because poets can alter English through indigenous speech patterns, oral forms and local experience.
• Such transformation challenges the idea that only standard colonial usage is legitimate.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains how language choice can participate in decolonization.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Henry Derozio
2. Kamala Das
3. Derek Walcott
4. Wole Soyinka
List II
i. Omeros
ii. An Introduction
iii. The Fakir of Jungheera
iv. Telephone Conversation
List I
1. Henry Derozio
2. Kamala Das
3. Derek Walcott
4. Wole Soyinka
List II
i. Omeros
ii. An Introduction
iii. The Fakir of Jungheera
iv. Telephone Conversation
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Henry Derozio matches iii because he wrote The Fakir of Jungheera.
• Kamala Das matches ii because she wrote An Introduction.
• Derek Walcott matches i because he wrote Omeros.
• Wole Soyinka matches iv because he wrote Telephone Conversation.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-iii, 2-ii, 3-i, 4-iv.
• Kamala Das matches ii because she wrote An Introduction.
• Derek Walcott matches i because he wrote Omeros.
• Wole Soyinka matches iv because he wrote Telephone Conversation.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-iii, 2-ii, 3-i, 4-iv.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which sequence gives the correct chronological order of publication?
1. The Fakir of Jungheera
2. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
3. The Golden Threshold
4. A Time to Change
1. The Fakir of Jungheera
2. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
3. The Golden Threshold
4. A Time to Change
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Explanation:
• The Fakir of Jungheera was published in 1828.
• Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan appeared posthumously in 1882.
• Sarojini Naidu's The Golden Threshold was published in 1905.
• Nissim Ezekiel's A Time to Change appeared in 1952.
• Therefore, the correct chronological sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan appeared posthumously in 1882.
• Sarojini Naidu's The Golden Threshold was published in 1905.
• Nissim Ezekiel's A Time to Change appeared in 1952.
• Therefore, the correct chronological sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Idanre and Other Poems is a collection by Wole Soyinka, not Kamau Brathwaite.
• The Descendants is a collection by Kamala Das.
• The Exact Name is associated with Nissim Ezekiel.
• A Rain of Rites is a collection by Jayanta Mahapatra.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
• The Descendants is a collection by Kamala Das.
• The Exact Name is associated with Nissim Ezekiel.
• A Rain of Rites is a collection by Jayanta Mahapatra.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which comparison between Derek Walcott and Kamau Brathwaite is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Walcott frequently engages European classical and literary traditions while relocating them within Caribbean landscapes and histories.
• Brathwaite gives particular emphasis to African continuities, oral performance, rhythm and nation language.
• Both poets confront slavery, colonialism and cultural mixture through different formal strategies.
• Their work demonstrates that postcolonial poetry may both appropriate and transform inherited traditions.
• Brathwaite gives particular emphasis to African continuities, oral performance, rhythm and nation language.
• Both poets confront slavery, colonialism and cultural mixture through different formal strategies.
• Their work demonstrates that postcolonial poetry may both appropriate and transform inherited traditions.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best describes Indian, African and postcolonial poetry?
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Explanation:
• Indian, African and Caribbean poets use diverse forms rather than one uniform postcolonial style.
• Their poetry frequently examines colonial education, racial hierarchy, gender, nation, migration and cultural memory.
• English may be resisted, localized, hybridized or transformed into a medium of new identities.
• Decolonization therefore involves critical revision of history, language and literary tradition.
• Their poetry frequently examines colonial education, racial hierarchy, gender, nation, migration and cultural memory.
• English may be resisted, localized, hybridized or transformed into a medium of new identities.
• Decolonization therefore involves critical revision of history, language and literary tradition.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. The Young Bengal movement సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Henry Derozio సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Memory, loss and emotional attachment to place సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. In the Bazaars of Hyderabad సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. The Golden Threshold సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Night of the Scorpion సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Indianized English and public social attitudes సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. A River సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Obituary సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. An Introduction సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. Summer in Calcutta సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Jayanta Mahapatra సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Hunger సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Omeros సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Caribbean language patterns shaped by African and Creole traditions సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Telephone Conversation సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: D. 1-iii, 2-ii, 3-i, 4-iv సమాధానం: D.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. Kamau Brathwaite — Idanre and Other Poems సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. Walcott often reworks European forms within a Caribbean setting, while Brathwaite emphasizes African-derived rhythm and nation language సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: D. It reshapes language, history and inherited forms to explore nation, identity, diaspora and decolonization సమాధానం: D.