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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Who wrote Joseph Andrews?
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Explanation:
• Henry Fielding wrote Joseph Andrews, first published in 1742.
• The work began partly as a response to Samuel Richardson's Pamela but developed into a broader social satire.
• Laurence Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy, while Tobias Smollett wrote Roderick Random.
• Joseph Andrews is important for Fielding's formulation of the comic epic in prose.
• The work began partly as a response to Samuel Richardson's Pamela but developed into a broader social satire.
• Laurence Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy, while Tobias Smollett wrote Roderick Random.
• Joseph Andrews is important for Fielding's formulation of the comic epic in prose.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which character in Joseph Andrews is a learned but absent-minded clergyman whose adventures provide much of the novel's comedy?
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Explanation:
• Parson Abraham Adams is the comic clergyman who accompanies Joseph on much of his journey.
• His learning, generosity and innocence contrast with the hypocrisy and selfishness of the society around him.
• Squire Allworthy belongs to Tom Jones, Uncle Toby to Tristram Shandy and Matthew Bramble to Humphry Clinker.
• Adams is central to Fielding's moral comedy as well as to the novel's episodic structure.
• His learning, generosity and innocence contrast with the hypocrisy and selfishness of the society around him.
• Squire Allworthy belongs to Tom Jones, Uncle Toby to Tristram Shandy and Matthew Bramble to Humphry Clinker.
• Adams is central to Fielding's moral comedy as well as to the novel's episodic structure.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Fielding describes Joseph Andrews as belonging to which literary form?
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Explanation:
• Fielding presents Joseph Andrews as a comic epic in prose.
• The phrase adapts the scope and structure of epic to ordinary characters and comic action.
• It also signals Fielding's engagement with classical theory, especially distinctions between serious and comic representation.
• The novel is neither epistolary nor Gothic.
• The phrase adapts the scope and structure of epic to ordinary characters and comic action.
• It also signals Fielding's engagement with classical theory, especially distinctions between serious and comic representation.
• The novel is neither epistolary nor Gothic.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
What is the full identifying description attached to the title Tom Jones?
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Explanation:
• Fielding's novel is titled The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.
• The word foundling refers to Tom's uncertain parentage and his discovery as an abandoned infant.
• Questions of birth, legitimacy, inheritance and moral worth shape the plot.
• The title distinguishes social identity based on ancestry from character demonstrated through action.
• The word foundling refers to Tom's uncertain parentage and his discovery as an abandoned infant.
• Questions of birth, legitimacy, inheritance and moral worth shape the plot.
• The title distinguishes social identity based on ancestry from character demonstrated through action.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which woman is Tom Jones's principal beloved in Fielding's novel?
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Explanation:
• Sophia Western is the principal heroine and Tom's beloved in Tom Jones.
• She is intelligent, morally perceptive and resistant to a marriage arranged for economic advantage.
• Clarissa Harlowe belongs to Richardson's Clarissa, Elizabeth Shandy to Tristram Shandy and Narcissa to Roderick Random.
• Sophia's judgement helps test Tom's moral development.
• She is intelligent, morally perceptive and resistant to a marriage arranged for economic advantage.
• Clarissa Harlowe belongs to Richardson's Clarissa, Elizabeth Shandy to Tristram Shandy and Narcissa to Roderick Random.
• Sophia's judgement helps test Tom's moral development.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Statement I: Fielding's narrator in Tom Jones frequently addresses the reader directly. Statement II: The narrator never comments on the craft of fiction. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the narrator repeatedly speaks to the reader and guides the interpretation of events.
• Statement II is incorrect because Fielding often comments on plot construction, characterization, criticism and the responsibilities of an author.
• The introductory chapters to the novel's books are especially self-conscious about the art of narration.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Fielding often comments on plot construction, characterization, criticism and the responsibilities of an author.
• The introductory chapters to the novel's books are especially self-conscious about the art of narration.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which feature best characterizes Fielding's omniscient narrator?
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Explanation:
• Fielding's narrator possesses broad knowledge of characters, motives and events.
• The narrator also comments openly, addresses readers and uses irony to shape moral and comic responses.
• This differs from epistolary narration and from strict limitation to one character's perspective.
• Such authorial presence is a major formal feature of Tom Jones.
• The narrator also comments openly, addresses readers and uses irony to shape moral and comic responses.
• This differs from epistolary narration and from strict limitation to one character's perspective.
• Such authorial presence is a major formal feature of Tom Jones.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which of the following characters belongs to Tom Jones?
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Explanation:
• Squire Allworthy is the benevolent landowner who raises Tom Jones.
• His goodness is genuine, though his judgement can be misled by hypocritical characters such as Blifil.
• Corporal Trim and Parson Yorick belong to Tristram Shandy.
• Roderick Random is the protagonist of Smollett's novel.
• His goodness is genuine, though his judgement can be misled by hypocritical characters such as Blifil.
• Corporal Trim and Parson Yorick belong to Tristram Shandy.
• Roderick Random is the protagonist of Smollett's novel.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which statement best explains the satirical function of hypocrisy in Joseph Andrews?
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Explanation:
• Fielding repeatedly contrasts public claims of morality, charity or respectability with selfish behaviour.
• This contrast exposes hypocrisy among clergy, innkeepers, landowners and other social figures.
• Satire therefore tests conduct rather than accepting reputation or rank at face value.
• The novel's comedy supports rather than eliminates its moral criticism.
• This contrast exposes hypocrisy among clergy, innkeepers, landowners and other social figures.
• Satire therefore tests conduct rather than accepting reputation or rank at face value.
• The novel's comedy supports rather than eliminates its moral criticism.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which work by Laurence Sterne is famous for radical digression and typographical experimentation?
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Explanation:
• Laurence Sterne wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
• The novel was published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767.
• Its digressions, interrupted chronology and visual devices challenge conventional narrative order.
• The other three works are associated with Smollett and Fielding.
• The novel was published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767.
• Its digressions, interrupted chronology and visual devices challenge conventional narrative order.
• The other three works are associated with Smollett and Fielding.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
In Tristram Shandy, the narrator's repeated postponement of his own life story primarily illustrates:
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Explanation:
• Tristram repeatedly begins side stories, explanations and family histories that delay his autobiographical account.
• Digression becomes the novel's organizing principle rather than a minor interruption.
• The gap between lived time and narrated time creates much of the work's comedy.
• The novel therefore resists strict chronological progression.
• Digression becomes the novel's organizing principle rather than a minor interruption.
• The gap between lived time and narrated time creates much of the work's comedy.
• The novel therefore resists strict chronological progression.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which typographical device in Tristram Shandy is associated with the death of Parson Yorick?
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Explanation:
• Sterne places a black page after the announcement of Yorick's death.
• The page functions as a visual sign of mourning and as an experiment with the material form of the book.
• Tristram Shandy also uses blank, marbled and unusually arranged pages.
• Such devices make typography part of the novel's meaning.
• The page functions as a visual sign of mourning and as an experiment with the material form of the book.
• Tristram Shandy also uses blank, marbled and unusually arranged pages.
• Such devices make typography part of the novel's meaning.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Assertion: Tristram Shandy is difficult to summarize as a straightforward autobiography. Reason: Its narrator continually interrupts chronology with digressions, anecdotes and reflections. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the novel does not present Tristram's life in a continuous chronological sequence.
• The Reason is correct because digressions, family anecdotes and theoretical reflections repeatedly interrupt the story.
• These interruptions directly explain why the autobiography resists straightforward summary.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because digressions, family anecdotes and theoretical reflections repeatedly interrupt the story.
• These interruptions directly explain why the autobiography resists straightforward summary.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Who is Uncle Toby in Tristram Shandy?
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Explanation:
• Uncle Toby is Tristram's gentle and benevolent uncle.
• After being wounded in battle, he becomes absorbed in reconstructing military fortifications and sieges.
• His hobby-horse exemplifies Sterne's interest in personal obsessions and associative thought.
• He is assisted by Corporal Trim.
• After being wounded in battle, he becomes absorbed in reconstructing military fortifications and sieges.
• His hobby-horse exemplifies Sterne's interest in personal obsessions and associative thought.
• He is assisted by Corporal Trim.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Consider the following statements about Tristram Shandy: 1. It disrupts chronological narration. 2. It includes visual and typographical devices. 3. It frequently addresses the act of storytelling. 4. It follows a simple, uninterrupted plot. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because the novel moves backward, forward and sideways in narrated time.
• Statement 2 is correct because Sterne uses devices such as black, blank and marbled pages.
• Statement 3 is correct because Tristram continually reflects on narration, reading and composition.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because the plot is repeatedly interrupted and reorganized by digression.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because Sterne uses devices such as black, blank and marbled pages.
• Statement 3 is correct because Tristram continually reflects on narration, reading and composition.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because the plot is repeatedly interrupted and reorganized by digression.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which is the correct chronological order of first publication?
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Explanation:
• Joseph Andrews was published in 1742.
• The Adventures of Roderick Random appeared in 1748.
• Tom Jones was published in 1749.
• The first volumes of Tristram Shandy appeared in 1759.
• Hence, the correct sequence is Joseph Andrews, Roderick Random, Tom Jones and Tristram Shandy.
• The Adventures of Roderick Random appeared in 1748.
• Tom Jones was published in 1749.
• The first volumes of Tristram Shandy appeared in 1759.
• Hence, the correct sequence is Joseph Andrews, Roderick Random, Tom Jones and Tristram Shandy.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Who wrote The Adventures of Roderick Random?
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Explanation:
• Tobias Smollett wrote The Adventures of Roderick Random, published in 1748.
• The novel follows a young protagonist through a series of travels, employments and misfortunes.
• Its episodic structure connects it with the picaresque tradition.
• Fielding wrote Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones, while Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy.
• The novel follows a young protagonist through a series of travels, employments and misfortunes.
• Its episodic structure connects it with the picaresque tradition.
• Fielding wrote Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones, while Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which feature most strongly connects Smollett's fiction with the picaresque tradition?
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Explanation:
• Picaresque fiction commonly follows a mobile protagonist through a sequence of loosely connected adventures.
• Smollett uses travel, changing occupations and encounters with diverse social types to generate satire.
• The episodic journey permits a broad survey of institutions and social classes.
• This differs from a purely domestic, allegorical or epistolary structure.
• Smollett uses travel, changing occupations and encounters with diverse social types to generate satire.
• The episodic journey permits a broad survey of institutions and social classes.
• This differs from a purely domestic, allegorical or epistolary structure.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Roderick Random was written by Tobias Smollett, not Laurence Sterne.
• Fielding wrote Tom Jones.
• Smollett also wrote The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.
• Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy.
• Therefore, Laurence Sterne — Roderick Random is the incorrectly matched pair.
• Fielding wrote Tom Jones.
• Smollett also wrote The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.
• Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy.
• Therefore, Laurence Sterne — Roderick Random is the incorrectly matched pair.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Joseph Andrews 2. Tom Jones 3. Tristram Shandy 4. Roderick Random. List II: a. Sophia Western b. Parson Adams c. Uncle Toby d. Strap.
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Explanation:
• Joseph Andrews matches Parson Adams, the generous and comic clergyman.
• Tom Jones matches Sophia Western, Tom's beloved.
• Tristram Shandy matches Uncle Toby, Tristram's military-minded uncle.
• Roderick Random matches Strap, Roderick's loyal companion.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d.
• Tom Jones matches Sophia Western, Tom's beloved.
• Tristram Shandy matches Uncle Toby, Tristram's military-minded uncle.
• Roderick Random matches Strap, Roderick's loyal companion.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A narrator pauses the plot to discuss critics, explain narrative choices and directly challenge the reader's expectations. This technique most closely resembles the narration of:
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Explanation:
• Tom Jones contains an overt, intrusive narrator who regularly comments on the theory and practice of fiction.
• The narrator addresses readers, anticipates objections and interprets characters and events.
• Pamela and Clarissa rely mainly on epistolary narration.
• Moll Flanders uses retrospective first-person autobiography rather than Fielding's expansive omniscient commentary.
• The narrator addresses readers, anticipates objections and interprets characters and events.
• Pamela and Clarissa rely mainly on epistolary narration.
• Moll Flanders uses retrospective first-person autobiography rather than Fielding's expansive omniscient commentary.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which comparison between Fielding and Sterne is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Fielding's novels display carefully managed plots under the direction of an authoritative narrator.
• Sterne makes delay, interruption, digression and formal play central to the reading experience.
• Both writers are comic and self-conscious, but their narrative energies differ.
• Fielding emphasizes architectonic control, whereas Sterne dramatizes the difficulty of narrative control.
• Sterne makes delay, interruption, digression and formal play central to the reading experience.
• Both writers are comic and self-conscious, but their narrative energies differ.
• Fielding emphasizes architectonic control, whereas Sterne dramatizes the difficulty of narrative control.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
What is the chief satirical advantage of the picaresque hero's mobility in Smollett's fiction?
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Explanation:
• The mobile picaresque hero passes through different regions, occupations and social environments.
• This movement enables Smollett to portray and satirize sailors, doctors, soldiers, servants and other social types.
• The episodic structure broadens the novel's social range rather than confining it to one household.
• Picaresque mobility therefore supports panoramic social criticism.
• This movement enables Smollett to portray and satirize sailors, doctors, soldiers, servants and other social types.
• The episodic structure broadens the novel's social range rather than confining it to one household.
• Picaresque mobility therefore supports panoramic social criticism.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Consider the following statements: 1. Fielding uses an intrusive omniscient narrator. 2. Sterne turns digression into a structural principle. 3. Smollett adapts the episodic picaresque journey for social satire. 4. All three writers contribute to the comic and self-conscious possibilities of eighteenth-century fiction. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Fielding's narrator openly addresses readers and comments on fictional technique.
• Statement 2 is correct because digression governs the movement of Tristram Shandy.
• Statement 3 is correct because Smollett's mobile protagonists encounter a wide range of social institutions and types.
• Statement 4 is correct because Fielding, Sterne and Smollett each expand comic narration through distinctive self-conscious methods.
• Therefore, all four statements are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because digression governs the movement of Tristram Shandy.
• Statement 3 is correct because Smollett's mobile protagonists encounter a wide range of social institutions and types.
• Statement 4 is correct because Fielding, Sterne and Smollett each expand comic narration through distinctive self-conscious methods.
• Therefore, all four statements are correct.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which critical formulation best distinguishes the narrative methods of Fielding, Sterne and Smollett?
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Explanation:
• Fielding's omniscient narrator organizes a broad comic world and comments on its moral and artistic design.
• Sterne foregrounds the difficulty of telling a life by making interruption, digression and material page design central features.
• Smollett uses episodic travel and social mobility to survey institutions, professions and classes satirically.
• The formulation in option A accurately differentiates the three writers while recognizing their shared contribution to eighteenth-century comic fiction.
• Sterne foregrounds the difficulty of telling a life by making interruption, digression and material page design central features.
• Smollett uses episodic travel and social mobility to survey institutions, professions and classes satirically.
• The formulation in option A accurately differentiates the three writers while recognizing their shared contribution to eighteenth-century comic fiction.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. Henry Fielding సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Parson Adams సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. A comic epic in prose సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Sophia Western సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: B. Exclusive dependence on letters written by the characters సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Squire Allworthy సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. It exposes the gap between professed virtue and actual conduct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. The dominance of digression over linear progression సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. A black page సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Tristram's kind-hearted uncle who recreates military sieges సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Joseph Andrews, Roderick Random, Tom Jones, Tristram Shandy సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Tobias Smollett సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. An episodic journey through varied social environments సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. Laurence Sterne — Roderick Random సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. Tom Jones సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. Fielding organizes broad comic plots through authorial control, while Sterne foregrounds interruption and narrative disorder సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. It allows the narrative to expose varied institutions, professions and classes సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Fielding uses authorial overview to shape comic order, Sterne makes narrative interruption a subject, and Smollett uses episodic mobility for panoramic satire సమాధానం: A.