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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which statement best describes non-fictional prose?
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Explanation:
• Non-fictional prose presents arguments, reflections, information or accounts connected with actual ideas, events or experience.
• It may still use imagination, figurative language and rhetorical design.
• Essays, sermons, treatises, biographies and speeches are major non-fictional prose forms.
• It is neither restricted to technical documents nor governed by novelistic plot.
• It may still use imagination, figurative language and rhetorical design.
• Essays, sermons, treatises, biographies and speeches are major non-fictional prose forms.
• It is neither restricted to technical documents nor governed by novelistic plot.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
In Of Truth, why does Bacon compare a mixture of falsehood with alloy added to precious metal?
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Explanation:
• Bacon uses the image of alloy to explain why people sometimes find mixed truth more attractive than pure truth.
• Alloy may make metal easier to work, but it also lowers its purity and value.
• Similarly, falsehood may add temporary pleasure while morally debasing thought.
• Bacon does not present lying as superior to truth.
• Alloy may make metal easier to work, but it also lowers its purity and value.
• Similarly, falsehood may add temporary pleasure while morally debasing thought.
• Bacon does not present lying as superior to truth.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
According to Bacon's Of Studies, studies serve for delight, ornament and what third purpose?
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Explanation:
• Bacon states that studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability.
• Delight belongs chiefly to private life, ornament to conversation and ability to judgement in business.
• The threefold division shows Bacon's practical view of learning.
• Devotion, memory and recreation are not the third term in this formulation.
• Delight belongs chiefly to private life, ornament to conversation and ability to judgement in business.
• The threefold division shows Bacon's practical view of learning.
• Devotion, memory and recreation are not the third term in this formulation.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
The brief question 'What is truth? said jesting Pilate' opens which essay by Francis Bacon?
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Explanation:
• The sentence opens Bacon's Of Truth.
• Bacon uses Pilate's question to introduce the human tendency to avoid fixed truth.
• The essay contrasts the clarity of truth with the seductive mixture of falsehood.
• The other listed essays address different ethical and practical concerns.
• Bacon uses Pilate's question to introduce the human tendency to avoid fixed truth.
• The essay contrasts the clarity of truth with the seductive mixture of falsehood.
• The other listed essays address different ethical and practical concerns.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which description best characterizes the prose style of Bacon's Essays?
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Explanation:
• Bacon's prose is marked by compression, aphorism, balance and antithesis.
• His sentences often place contrasting ideas in parallel structures.
• The style gives his essays the force of maxims and practical counsel.
• It is neither primarily autobiographical nor novelistic.
• His sentences often place contrasting ideas in parallel structures.
• The style gives his essays the force of maxims and practical counsel.
• It is neither primarily autobiographical nor novelistic.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Consider the following statements about the early English essay.
Statement I: The essay is generally flexible in structure and may combine reflection, argument and observation.
Statement II: Bacon's essays are mainly expansive personal confessions modelled on modern autobiography.
Statement I: The essay is generally flexible in structure and may combine reflection, argument and observation.
Statement II: Bacon's essays are mainly expansive personal confessions modelled on modern autobiography.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the essay is an adaptable prose form that can combine reflection, argument and observation.
• Statement II is incorrect because Bacon's essays are usually impersonal, compressed and didactic rather than confessional.
• Bacon offers practical wisdom through aphorism and rhetorical balance.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Bacon's essays are usually impersonal, compressed and didactic rather than confessional.
• Bacon offers practical wisdom through aphorism and rhetorical balance.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which of the following statements about the society described in Utopia are correct?
1. Private property is abolished.
2. Ordinary citizens generally work six hours a day.
3. Gold is treated as the highest mark of personal honour.
4. Several forms of religious belief are tolerated.
1. Private property is abolished.
2. Ordinary citizens generally work six hours a day.
3. Gold is treated as the highest mark of personal honour.
4. Several forms of religious belief are tolerated.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Utopian society is organized without private property.
• Statement 2 is correct because the normal working day is described as six hours.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because gold is deliberately devalued and associated with degrading uses.
• Statement 4 is correct because Utopia allows substantial religious plurality, although its toleration has limits.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because the normal working day is described as six hours.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because gold is deliberately devalued and associated with degrading uses.
• Statement 4 is correct because Utopia allows substantial religious plurality, although its toleration has limits.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Francis Bacon
2. Thomas More
3. Philip Sidney
4. Stephen Gosson
List II
a. The School of Abuse
b. Utopia
c. Essays
d. An Apology for Poetry
List I
1. Francis Bacon
2. Thomas More
3. Philip Sidney
4. Stephen Gosson
List II
a. The School of Abuse
b. Utopia
c. Essays
d. An Apology for Poetry
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Francis Bacon is matched with Essays.
• Thomas More is matched with Utopia.
• Philip Sidney is matched with An Apology for Poetry.
• Stephen Gosson is matched with The School of Abuse.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a.
• Thomas More is matched with Utopia.
• Philip Sidney is matched with An Apology for Poetry.
• Stephen Gosson is matched with The School of Abuse.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Thomas More originally wrote Utopia in which language?
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Explanation:
• Utopia was originally written in Latin and published in 1516.
• Latin was the international language of European humanist scholarship.
• The choice reflects More's participation in Renaissance humanism.
• The work was translated into English only later.
• Latin was the international language of European humanist scholarship.
• The choice reflects More's participation in Renaissance humanism.
• The work was translated into English only later.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Who is the principal traveller and narrator whose account shapes the description of the island in Utopia?
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Explanation:
• Raphael Hythloday is the fictional traveller who describes Utopian society.
• His name and role allow More to create distance between the author and the ideas presented.
• Peter Giles appears as a participant in the dialogue but is not the main traveller-narrator.
• Vespucci is mentioned in relation to voyages, but he is not the narrator of Utopia.
• His name and role allow More to create distance between the author and the ideas presented.
• Peter Giles appears as a participant in the dialogue but is not the main traveller-narrator.
• Vespucci is mentioned in relation to voyages, but he is not the narrator of Utopia.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which social problem is prominently criticized in Book I of Thomas More's Utopia?
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Explanation:
• Book I criticizes enclosure, economic inequality and the harsh treatment of the poor.
• More links the conversion of arable land into sheep pasture with displacement and theft.
• The criticism forms part of the work's analysis of European social injustice.
• Printing, pilgrimage and classical education are not the central problem in this discussion.
• More links the conversion of arable land into sheep pasture with displacement and theft.
• The criticism forms part of the work's analysis of European social injustice.
• Printing, pilgrimage and classical education are not the central problem in this discussion.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which description best identifies the literary form of Utopia?
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Explanation:
• Utopia combines dialogue, invented travel narrative, political speculation and satire.
• Its fictional island provides a framework for criticizing European institutions.
• The work is deeply connected with Renaissance humanist debate.
• It is not a diary, verse sermon or straightforward chronicle.
• Its fictional island provides a framework for criticizing European institutions.
• The work is deeply connected with Renaissance humanist debate.
• It is not a diary, verse sermon or straightforward chronicle.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
The saying 'Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested' occurs in which essay?
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Explanation:
• The saying occurs in Bacon's Of Studies.
• Bacon distinguishes between books that require only partial reading and those that demand close, sustained study.
• The metaphor of eating turns reading into a practical method of intellectual selection.
• The sentence is a well-known example of Bacon's aphoristic style.
• Bacon distinguishes between books that require only partial reading and those that demand close, sustained study.
• The metaphor of eating turns reading into a practical method of intellectual selection.
• The sentence is a well-known example of Bacon's aphoristic style.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
What does Sidney mean when he says that the poet creates a golden world rather than remaining confined to nature's brazen world?
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Explanation:
• Sidney argues that nature's ordinary world is brazen, while poetic imagination can create a golden world of better possibilities.
• The poet is a maker who is not limited to reproducing what already exists.
• Such invention can present exemplary actions and characters that encourage virtue.
• The contrast is aesthetic and ethical, not a reference to material wealth.
• The poet is a maker who is not limited to reproducing what already exists.
• Such invention can present exemplary actions and characters that encourage virtue.
• The contrast is aesthetic and ethical, not a reference to material wealth.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Sidney's An Apology for Poetry was written partly in response to which anti-theatrical and anti-poetic work?
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Explanation:
• Stephen Gosson's The School of Abuse attacked poetry, drama and other forms of entertainment.
• Sidney's defence of poetry is commonly understood as a response to Gosson's charges.
• The Arte of English Poesie and The Defence of Rhyme are works of poetics, not the immediate attack answered by Sidney.
• The Advancement of Learning is by Bacon and concerns knowledge more broadly.
• Sidney's defence of poetry is commonly understood as a response to Gosson's charges.
• The Arte of English Poesie and The Defence of Rhyme are works of poetics, not the immediate attack answered by Sidney.
• The Advancement of Learning is by Bacon and concerns knowledge more broadly.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Assertion: Sidney considers poetry superior to history and philosophy in its power to move readers toward virtue.
Reason: Poetry combines the general moral teaching of philosophy with vivid particular examples resembling those of history.
Reason: Poetry combines the general moral teaching of philosophy with vivid particular examples resembling those of history.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Sidney argues that poetry has exceptional power to teach and move readers.
• The Reason is correct because poetry unites philosophical universals with concrete and memorable examples.
• This combination makes moral knowledge emotionally persuasive and practically effective.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because poetry unites philosophical universals with concrete and memorable examples.
• This combination makes moral knowledge emotionally persuasive and practically effective.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Arrange the following works in chronological order of first publication.
1. Utopia
2. The School of Abuse
3. An Apology for Poetry
4. Essays
1. Utopia
2. The School of Abuse
3. An Apology for Poetry
4. Essays
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Utopia was first published in 1516.
• The School of Abuse appeared in 1579.
• An Apology for Poetry was published posthumously in 1595.
• Bacon's Essays first appeared in 1597.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• The School of Abuse appeared in 1579.
• An Apology for Poetry was published posthumously in 1595.
• Bacon's Essays first appeared in 1597.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which feature is most closely associated with Renaissance humanism?
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Explanation:
• Renaissance humanism promoted the recovery and study of Greek and Roman texts.
• It emphasized rhetoric, eloquence, ethical formation and active civic life.
• More and Sidney both write within this humanist intellectual culture.
• Humanism did not reject classical learning or deny civic education.
• It emphasized rhetoric, eloquence, ethical formation and active civic life.
• More and Sidney both write within this humanist intellectual culture.
• Humanism did not reject classical learning or deny civic education.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
In rhetorical prose, which term refers to an appeal based primarily on the credibility or character of the speaker?
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Explanation:
• Ethos is the rhetorical appeal grounded in the speaker's credibility, character or authority.
• Logos appeals to reasoning and evidence.
• Pathos appeals to the emotions of the audience.
• Kairos concerns the opportune moment and appropriateness of an argument.
• Logos appeals to reasoning and evidence.
• Pathos appeals to the emotions of the audience.
• Kairos concerns the opportune moment and appropriateness of an argument.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which rhetorical device is most evident in a balanced sentence that places truth against falsehood or study against experience?
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Explanation:
• Antithesis places contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel structures.
• Bacon repeatedly uses this device to sharpen distinctions and make his prose memorable.
• Onomatopoeia imitates sound, euphemism softens expression and apostrophe addresses an absent figure or abstraction.
• The balanced opposition described in the question is therefore antithetical.
• Bacon repeatedly uses this device to sharpen distinctions and make his prose memorable.
• Onomatopoeia imitates sound, euphemism softens expression and apostrophe addresses an absent figure or abstraction.
• The balanced opposition described in the question is therefore antithetical.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Consider the following statements.
Statement I: Thomas More's Utopia uses a fictional society to examine real political and social problems.
Statement II: Bacon's Essays generally avoid practical questions and concentrate only on private emotion.
Statement I: Thomas More's Utopia uses a fictional society to examine real political and social problems.
Statement II: Bacon's Essays generally avoid practical questions and concentrate only on private emotion.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Utopia uses an imagined island to question European law, property and social organization.
• Statement II is incorrect because Bacon's essays repeatedly address practical conduct, ambition, study, friendship, truth and public life.
• Bacon's prose is usually impersonal and advisory rather than purely emotional.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Bacon's essays repeatedly address practical conduct, ambition, study, friendship, truth and public life.
• Bacon's prose is usually impersonal and advisory rather than purely emotional.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Essay
2. Aphorism
3. Sermon
4. Treatise
List II
a. A sustained systematic exposition
b. A flexible prose reflection
c. A brief general maxim
d. A religious discourse delivered to an audience
List I
1. Essay
2. Aphorism
3. Sermon
4. Treatise
List II
a. A sustained systematic exposition
b. A flexible prose reflection
c. A brief general maxim
d. A religious discourse delivered to an audience
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Essay is matched with a flexible prose reflection.
• Aphorism is matched with a brief general maxim.
• Sermon is matched with a religious discourse delivered to an audience.
• Treatise is matched with a sustained systematic exposition.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a.
• Aphorism is matched with a brief general maxim.
• Sermon is matched with a religious discourse delivered to an audience.
• Treatise is matched with a sustained systematic exposition.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
According to Sidney's An Apology for Poetry, why cannot the poet properly be called a liar?
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Explanation:
• Sidney argues that a liar falsely affirms something as fact.
• The poet presents imaginative representations without claiming that they are literal historical records.
• Because the poet does not make a false factual assertion, poetic invention is not lying in Sidney's account.
• This argument answers a major moral charge made against poetry.
• The poet presents imaginative representations without claiming that they are literal historical records.
• Because the poet does not make a false factual assertion, poetic invention is not lying in Sidney's account.
• This argument answers a major moral charge made against poetry.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
A prose sentence states a general truth in a highly compressed and memorable form. Which term best classifies it?
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Explanation:
• The sentence is an aphorism because it condenses a general truth into memorable form.
• Aphoristic writing depends on brevity, balance and verbal force.
• Bacon's essays contain many such sentences.
• A treatise and sermon are extended forms, while a chronicle organizes historical events.
• Aphoristic writing depends on brevity, balance and verbal force.
• Bacon's essays contain many such sentences.
• A treatise and sermon are extended forms, while a chronicle organizes historical events.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which comparative statement about More, Sidney and Bacon is most accurate?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• More uses the imagined society of Utopia to criticize political, legal and economic arrangements.
• Sidney employs humanist rhetoric to defend poetry as morally and imaginatively powerful.
• Bacon's essays offer compressed observations on conduct, knowledge and public life.
• The other options misrepresent the forms, aims and intellectual contexts of all three writers.
• Sidney employs humanist rhetoric to defend poetry as morally and imaginatively powerful.
• Bacon's essays offer compressed observations on conduct, knowledge and public life.
• The other options misrepresent the forms, aims and intellectual contexts of all three writers.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. It presents arguments, reflections or accounts that claim relation to actual ideas, events or experience. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: C. To suggest that an admixture of falsehood may make ideas more pleasing while reducing their purity సమాధానం: C.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: A. Ability సమాధానం: A.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Of Truth సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. Compressed, aphoristic and antithetical సమాధానం: B.
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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: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Latin సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Raphael Hythloday సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Enclosure and the dispossession of rural people సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. A humanist dialogue combining political critique, travel narrative and satire సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. Of Studies సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: A. The poet imaginatively creates ideal possibilities that may surpass ordinary reality. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: D. The School of Abuse సమాధానం: D.
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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: A. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. Recovery of classical texts and emphasis on eloquence and human agency సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Ethos సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: B. Antithesis సమాధానం: B.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. Because the poet does not affirm invented representations as literal historical facts సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Aphorism సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. More uses imagined social organization for critique, Sidney defends poetry through humanist rhetoric, and Bacon offers compressed practical counsel. సమాధానం: A.