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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which event conventionally marks the beginning of the Restoration period in England?
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Explanation:
• The Restoration began when Charles II returned to the English throne in 1660.
• The event ended the republican Interregnum associated with the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
• It also led to the reopening of the theatres and a renewed court culture.
• The dates 1649, 1688 and 1714 belong to other major political transitions.
• The event ended the republican Interregnum associated with the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
• It also led to the reopening of the theatres and a renewed court culture.
• The dates 1649, 1688 and 1714 belong to other major political transitions.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
John Dryden's An Essay of Dramatic Poesy is primarily presented in which form?
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Explanation:
• An Essay of Dramatic Poesy is structured as a dialogue among Crites, Eugenius, Lisideius and Neander.
• The speakers debate ancient and modern drama, French and English theatre, and the use of rhyme.
• The dialogic form allows Dryden to present competing critical positions.
• It is neither a diary, sermon nor legal treatise.
• The speakers debate ancient and modern drama, French and English theatre, and the use of rhyme.
• The dialogic form allows Dryden to present competing critical positions.
• It is neither a diary, sermon nor legal treatise.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
In An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, which speaker is commonly regarded as representing Dryden's own position most closely?
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Explanation:
• Neander is generally understood to voice Dryden's own critical position most closely.
• He defends English drama and offers a balanced appreciation of Shakespeare, Jonson and Fletcher.
• Crites favours the ancients, Eugenius supports the moderns and Lisideius praises French drama.
• Dryden nevertheless uses the dialogue to avoid reducing the work to a single rigid doctrine.
• He defends English drama and offers a balanced appreciation of Shakespeare, Jonson and Fletcher.
• Crites favours the ancients, Eugenius supports the moderns and Lisideius praises French drama.
• Dryden nevertheless uses the dialogue to avoid reducing the work to a single rigid doctrine.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which feature most accurately characterizes Dryden's mature critical prose?
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Explanation:
• Dryden's prose is notable for clarity, balance and controlled conversational ease.
• His critical writing often advances through comparison, qualification and reasoned judgement.
• This style helped shape later English critical prose.
• It is neither scholastically obscure nor based on stream-of-consciousness technique.
• His critical writing often advances through comparison, qualification and reasoned judgement.
• This style helped shape later English critical prose.
• It is neither scholastically obscure nor based on stream-of-consciousness technique.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which critical work by Dryden contains a major defence of the use of rhyme in English drama?
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Explanation:
• Dryden discusses and defends rhyme in An Essay of Dramatic Poesy.
• The debate appears within the broader comparison of dramatic traditions.
• The Advancement of Learning is by Bacon, The Defence of Poesy is by Sidney and Biographia Literaria is by Coleridge.
• Dryden's argument reflects Restoration concern with decorum, polish and dramatic technique.
• The debate appears within the broader comparison of dramatic traditions.
• The Advancement of Learning is by Bacon, The Defence of Poesy is by Sidney and Biographia Literaria is by Coleridge.
• Dryden's argument reflects Restoration concern with decorum, polish and dramatic technique.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Consider the following statements about Dryden's critical method.
Statement I: Dryden frequently compares writers and dramatic traditions before reaching a qualified judgement.
Statement II: Dryden's criticism is entirely rule-bound and rejects practical experience of the theatre.
Statement I: Dryden frequently compares writers and dramatic traditions before reaching a qualified judgement.
Statement II: Dryden's criticism is entirely rule-bound and rejects practical experience of the theatre.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Dryden often reasons comparatively, weighing ancients against moderns and French drama against English drama.
• Statement II is incorrect because his criticism remains attentive to stage practice, audience response and actual dramatic achievement.
• Dryden respects rules but does not apply them mechanically.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because his criticism remains attentive to stage practice, audience response and actual dramatic achievement.
• Dryden respects rules but does not apply them mechanically.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding chiefly investigates which subject?
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Explanation:
• Locke's Essay examines how human ideas arise and what the understanding can legitimately know.
• It is a foundational work of empiricist philosophical prose.
• Locke investigates perception, reflection, language, knowledge and personal identity.
• The other options belong to unrelated fields.
• It is a foundational work of empiricist philosophical prose.
• Locke investigates perception, reflection, language, knowledge and personal identity.
• The other options belong to unrelated fields.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
According to Locke, the mind at birth is best understood as what?
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Explanation:
• Locke rejects the doctrine of innate ideas.
• He describes the mind as white paper without characters until experience supplies the materials of knowledge.
• Sensation and reflection are the two sources from which ideas arise.
• His position is central to British empiricism.
• He describes the mind as white paper without characters until experience supplies the materials of knowledge.
• Sensation and reflection are the two sources from which ideas arise.
• His position is central to British empiricism.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which pair names the two sources of ideas identified by Locke?
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Explanation:
• Locke identifies sensation and reflection as the two sources of ideas.
• Sensation provides ideas through external objects acting on the senses.
• Reflection provides ideas through awareness of the mind's own operations.
• Memory, imagination, reason and rhetoric play other roles but are not Locke's two original sources.
• Sensation provides ideas through external objects acting on the senses.
• Reflection provides ideas through awareness of the mind's own operations.
• Memory, imagination, reason and rhetoric play other roles but are not Locke's two original sources.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which distinction is central to Locke's account of qualities in material objects?
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Explanation:
• Locke distinguishes primary qualities from secondary qualities.
• Primary qualities include solidity, extension, figure, motion or rest and number.
• Secondary qualities are powers to produce sensations such as colour, taste and sound in perceivers.
• The distinction is central to his theory of perception.
• Primary qualities include solidity, extension, figure, motion or rest and number.
• Secondary qualities are powers to produce sensations such as colour, taste and sound in perceivers.
• The distinction is central to his theory of perception.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
According to Locke, personal identity depends primarily on continuity of what?
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Explanation:
• Locke connects personal identity with continuity of consciousness.
• Memory links present awareness with past actions and experiences.
• His account distinguishes the identity of a person from the identity of a body or substance.
• Social rank and lineage do not determine personal identity in this philosophical sense.
• Memory links present awareness with past actions and experiences.
• His account distinguishes the identity of a person from the identity of a body or substance.
• Social rank and lineage do not determine personal identity in this philosophical sense.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which work is correctly associated with John Locke?
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Explanation:
• An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is Locke's major philosophical work on knowledge and the mind.
• Leviathan is by Thomas Hobbes.
• The Advancement of Learning is by Francis Bacon.
• The Anatomy of Melancholy is by Robert Burton.
• Leviathan is by Thomas Hobbes.
• The Advancement of Learning is by Francis Bacon.
• The Anatomy of Melancholy is by Robert Burton.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Assertion: Locke's philosophical prose is closely connected with empiricism.
Reason: Locke argues that the materials of knowledge arise from experience through sensation and reflection.
Reason: Locke argues that the materials of knowledge arise from experience through sensation and reflection.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Locke is a major figure in British empiricism.
• The Reason is correct because he derives ideas from experience through sensation and reflection.
• This rejection of innate ideas directly explains the empiricist character of his philosophy.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because he derives ideas from experience through sensation and reflection.
• This rejection of innate ideas directly explains the empiricist character of his philosophy.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Samuel Pepys kept his famous diary over which period?
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Explanation:
• Pepys kept his diary from January 1660 until May 1669.
• The diary covers the early Restoration and records both public events and private experience.
• Pepys stopped largely because he feared damage to his eyesight.
• The other date ranges do not match the diary's composition.
• The diary covers the early Restoration and records both public events and private experience.
• Pepys stopped largely because he feared damage to his eyesight.
• The other date ranges do not match the diary's composition.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which shorthand system did Samuel Pepys chiefly use when writing his diary?
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Explanation:
• Pepys wrote most of his diary in a shorthand system developed by Thomas Shelton.
• The shorthand contributed to the diary's privacy and delayed easy access by later readers.
• Pitman and Gregg systems were developed much later.
• Pepys also used occasional foreign-language words and other devices for sensitive material.
• The shorthand contributed to the diary's privacy and delayed easy access by later readers.
• Pitman and Gregg systems were developed much later.
• Pepys also used occasional foreign-language words and other devices for sensitive material.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which two major disasters of Restoration London receive vivid eyewitness treatment in Pepys's diary?
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Explanation:
• Pepys records the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London in 1666.
• His diary combines immediate observation with details of fear, movement, official response and daily life.
• These entries are valuable as both personal testimony and historical evidence.
• The other events belong to different centuries or contexts.
• His diary combines immediate observation with details of fear, movement, official response and daily life.
• These entries are valuable as both personal testimony and historical evidence.
• The other events belong to different centuries or contexts.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which quality makes Pepys's diary especially important as non-fictional prose?
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Explanation:
• Pepys records his ambitions, pleasures, anxieties and moral inconsistencies with unusual candour.
• He also documents politics, administration, theatre, naval affairs, plague and fire.
• The combination of private and public experience gives the diary literary and historical value.
• It is neither impersonal statistics nor systematic philosophy.
• He also documents politics, administration, theatre, naval affairs, plague and fire.
• The combination of private and public experience gives the diary literary and historical value.
• It is neither impersonal statistics nor systematic philosophy.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Consider the following statements about Pepys's diary.
1. It records the reopening and popularity of the Restoration theatre.
2. It contains observations on naval administration.
3. It avoids all reference to Pepys's private conduct.
4. It provides eyewitness evidence about the Great Fire of London.
1. It records the reopening and popularity of the Restoration theatre.
2. It contains observations on naval administration.
3. It avoids all reference to Pepys's private conduct.
4. It provides eyewitness evidence about the Great Fire of London.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Pepys frequently records theatrical performances and performers.
• Statement 2 is correct because his work in naval administration forms an important part of the diary.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the diary is notably candid about his private conduct and relationships.
• Statement 4 is correct because he gives a vivid eyewitness account of the Great Fire.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because his work in naval administration forms an important part of the diary.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the diary is notably candid about his private conduct and relationships.
• Statement 4 is correct because he gives a vivid eyewitness account of the Great Fire.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. John Dryden
2. John Locke
3. Samuel Pepys
4. Thomas Shelton
List II
a. Shorthand system used in the diary
b. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
c. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
d. Diary of Restoration life
List I
1. John Dryden
2. John Locke
3. Samuel Pepys
4. Thomas Shelton
List II
a. Shorthand system used in the diary
b. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
c. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
d. Diary of Restoration life
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• John Dryden is matched with An Essay of Dramatic Poesy.
• John Locke is matched with An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
• Samuel Pepys is matched with the diary of Restoration life.
• Thomas Shelton is matched with the shorthand system used by Pepys.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a.
• John Locke is matched with An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
• Samuel Pepys is matched with the diary of Restoration life.
• Thomas Shelton is matched with the shorthand system used by Pepys.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Arrange the following in chronological order.
1. Pepys begins his diary.
2. Restoration of Charles II.
3. Great Plague of London.
4. Great Fire of London.
1. Pepys begins his diary.
2. Restoration of Charles II.
3. Great Plague of London.
4. Great Fire of London.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Pepys began his diary in January 1660.
• Charles II was restored to the throne in May 1660.
• The Great Plague devastated London in 1665.
• The Great Fire of London occurred in 1666.
• Therefore, the correct chronological sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• Charles II was restored to the throne in May 1660.
• The Great Plague devastated London in 1665.
• The Great Fire of London occurred in 1666.
• Therefore, the correct chronological sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
When a historian uses Pepys's diary as evidence, which approach is most appropriate?
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Explanation:
• Pepys's diary is an exceptionally valuable primary source for Restoration life.
• Like every diary, it is selective and shaped by the writer's interests, position and memory.
• Personal candour does not automatically guarantee complete objectivity.
• Historians therefore interpret it critically and compare it with other contemporary records.
• Like every diary, it is selective and shaped by the writer's interests, position and memory.
• Personal candour does not automatically guarantee complete objectivity.
• Historians therefore interpret it critically and compare it with other contemporary records.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which statement best explains the relation between private and public experience in Pepys's diary?
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Explanation:
• Pepys moves continually between domestic life, social pleasures, career concerns and public affairs.
• His personal reactions give immediacy to events such as plague, fire and political change.
• His administrative position also provides access to naval and governmental matters.
• This interweaving is central to the diary's literary and historical importance.
• His personal reactions give immediacy to events such as plague, fire and political change.
• His administrative position also provides access to naval and governmental matters.
• This interweaving is central to the diary's literary and historical importance.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which aspects of Restoration society are represented in Pepys's diary?
1. The revived theatre culture
2. Naval and governmental administration
3. Urban sociability and consumption
4. The effects of plague and fire
1. The revived theatre culture
2. Naval and governmental administration
3. Urban sociability and consumption
4. The effects of plague and fire
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Pepys frequently attended and commented on theatrical performances.
• Statement 2 is correct because his naval office gave him direct knowledge of administration.
• Statement 3 is correct because the diary records dining, music, shopping, social visits and material aspiration.
• Statement 4 is correct because the plague and fire receive detailed eyewitness treatment.
• Therefore, all four statements are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because his naval office gave him direct knowledge of administration.
• Statement 3 is correct because the diary records dining, music, shopping, social visits and material aspiration.
• Statement 4 is correct because the plague and fire receive detailed eyewitness treatment.
• Therefore, all four statements are correct.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which development in English prose is most clearly illustrated by the combined work of Dryden, Locke and Pepys?
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Explanation:
• Dryden develops balanced and conversational critical argument.
• Locke uses methodical prose to analyse knowledge and understanding.
• Pepys records daily experience in immediate observational language.
• Together, they illustrate the widening range and increasing flexibility of later seventeenth-century English prose.
• Locke uses methodical prose to analyse knowledge and understanding.
• Pepys records daily experience in immediate observational language.
• Together, they illustrate the widening range and increasing flexibility of later seventeenth-century English prose.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which comparative statement is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Dryden's prose is represented by critical dialogue and comparative literary judgement.
• Locke's prose develops philosophical analysis of ideas, knowledge and identity.
• Pepys's diary preserves personal observation alongside public history.
• Their differing purposes demonstrate the range of Restoration and later seventeenth-century non-fictional prose.
• Locke's prose develops philosophical analysis of ideas, knowledge and identity.
• Pepys's diary preserves personal observation alongside public history.
• Their differing purposes demonstrate the range of Restoration and later seventeenth-century non-fictional prose.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. The restoration of Charles II to the throne in 1660 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. A dialogue among four speakers సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: D. Neander సమాధానం: D.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: B. Lucid argument, balanced syntax and a flexible conversational movement సమాధానం: B.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: C. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy సమాధానం: C.
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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: A. The origin, extent and limits of human knowledge సమాధానం: A.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: B. A white paper without characters, furnished through experience సమాధానం: B.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. Sensation and reflection సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Primary and secondary qualities సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Consciousness సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding సమాధానం: B.
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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. 1660 to 1669 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Shelton's shorthand సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. The Great Plague and the Great Fire of London సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: B. It combines candid self-observation with detailed records of public life. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: D. Use it as valuable eyewitness testimony while checking its subjectivity and corroborating it with other sources. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: D. Personal routines, emotions and ambitions are interwoven with politics, administration and major public events. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. The growth of lucid, flexible prose suited to criticism, philosophy and personal observation సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: D. Dryden practises critical dialogue, Locke develops philosophical analysis, and Pepys records observed life through diary writing. సమాధానం: D.