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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
In which year was Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language first published?
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Explanation:
• Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1755.
• It became one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English lexicography.
• Johnson did not create the first English dictionary, but his work was unusually comprehensive and authoritative.
• The dates 1765 and 1779 are associated with later phases of his critical career.
• It became one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English lexicography.
• Johnson did not create the first English dictionary, but his work was unusually comprehensive and authoritative.
• The dates 1765 and 1779 are associated with later phases of his critical career.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
What was one major aim of Johnson's Dictionary?
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Explanation:
• Johnson aimed to define English words and illustrate their usage with quotations from respected writers.
• The Dictionary combined lexicography with literary judgement and historical evidence.
• It was not confined to scientific vocabulary.
• Johnson hoped to regulate usage, but he also recognized that language changes over time.
• The Dictionary combined lexicography with literary judgement and historical evidence.
• It was not confined to scientific vocabulary.
• Johnson hoped to regulate usage, but he also recognized that language changes over time.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which feature most clearly distinguishes Johnson's Dictionary from a simple word list?
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Explanation:
• Johnson frequently used literary quotations to demonstrate how words functioned in actual contexts.
• These citations gave the Dictionary historical and literary depth.
• The entries include definitions, multiple senses and examples of usage.
• The work is alphabetically organized rather than arranged only by subject.
• These citations gave the Dictionary historical and literary depth.
• The entries include definitions, multiple senses and examples of usage.
• The work is alphabetically organized rather than arranged only by subject.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which statement best reflects Johnson's view of language in the Preface to his Dictionary?
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Explanation:
• Johnson initially hoped to stabilize English, but he acknowledged that living languages inevitably change.
• He recognized that custom, time and social use alter vocabulary and meaning.
• This awareness makes the Preface both prescriptive and historically realistic.
• He did not claim that poets alone control linguistic change.
• He recognized that custom, time and social use alter vocabulary and meaning.
• This awareness makes the Preface both prescriptive and historically realistic.
• He did not claim that poets alone control linguistic change.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
The Rambler was primarily what kind of publication?
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Explanation:
• The Rambler was a periodical essay series written mainly by Samuel Johnson.
• Its papers discuss morality, literature, conduct, ambition, sorrow and human weakness.
• The essays are generally more serious and reflective than the lighter social papers of Addison and Steele.
• The Rambler is not a play, travel book or parliamentary record.
• Its papers discuss morality, literature, conduct, ambition, sorrow and human weakness.
• The essays are generally more serious and reflective than the lighter social papers of Addison and Steele.
• The Rambler is not a play, travel book or parliamentary record.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which description best characterizes the prose style of many Rambler essays?
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Explanation:
• Johnson's Rambler prose is often elevated, balanced and strongly influenced by Latin syntax.
• He uses antithesis, parallelism and moral generalization.
• The style can be weighty but is also carefully controlled.
• It differs from slang-based, dramatic or minimalist prose.
• He uses antithesis, parallelism and moral generalization.
• The style can be weighty but is also carefully controlled.
• It differs from slang-based, dramatic or minimalist prose.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Consider the following statements about The Rambler.
Statement I: It frequently addresses universal moral and psychological problems.
Statement II: Its dominant manner is lighter and more conversational than that of The Spectator.
Statement I: It frequently addresses universal moral and psychological problems.
Statement II: Its dominant manner is lighter and more conversational than that of The Spectator.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because The Rambler repeatedly considers ambition, idleness, grief, self-deception and moral choice.
• Statement II is incorrect because Johnson's manner is generally more formal, grave and philosophical than that of The Spectator.
• Addison and Steele more often use light social observation and conversational ease.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Johnson's manner is generally more formal, grave and philosophical than that of The Spectator.
• Addison and Steele more often use light social observation and conversational ease.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare appeared with his edition of Shakespeare in which year?
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Explanation:
• Johnson's edition of Shakespeare, including the influential Preface, appeared in 1765.
• The Preface combines textual scholarship, literary history and critical evaluation.
• Johnson praises Shakespeare's representation of general human nature while also identifying faults.
• The other dates belong to different stages of eighteenth-century literary history.
• The Preface combines textual scholarship, literary history and critical evaluation.
• Johnson praises Shakespeare's representation of general human nature while also identifying faults.
• The other dates belong to different stages of eighteenth-century literary history.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
What is the central basis of Johnson's praise of Shakespeare in the Preface?
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Explanation:
• Johnson values Shakespeare as a poet of nature who represents durable human passions and behaviour.
• His characters are not merely bound to one age or locality.
• Johnson does not claim that Shakespeare always obeys classical rules.
• He also accepts Shakespeare's mixture of comic and tragic elements.
• His characters are not merely bound to one age or locality.
• Johnson does not claim that Shakespeare always obeys classical rules.
• He also accepts Shakespeare's mixture of comic and tragic elements.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which of the classical unities does Johnson regard as essential to drama?
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Explanation:
• Johnson regards unity of action as fundamental because a play requires coherent dramatic organization.
• He argues that rigid observance of the unities of time and place is unnecessary.
• Audiences understand that the stage represents different places and extended periods imaginatively.
• His position is practical rather than mechanically neoclassical.
• He argues that rigid observance of the unities of time and place is unnecessary.
• Audiences understand that the stage represents different places and extended periods imaginatively.
• His position is practical rather than mechanically neoclassical.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
How does Johnson defend Shakespeare's mixture of tragedy and comedy?
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Explanation:
• Johnson argues that real life contains changing combinations of pleasure and pain.
• Mixed drama can therefore represent human experience more fully than a rigidly pure genre.
• He does not claim that comedy is universally superior.
• His defence rests on dramatic truth and audience experience.
• Mixed drama can therefore represent human experience more fully than a rigidly pure genre.
• He does not claim that comedy is universally superior.
• His defence rests on dramatic truth and audience experience.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which criticism does Johnson make of Shakespeare?
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Explanation:
• Johnson admires Shakespeare deeply but criticizes his occasional moral carelessness.
• He argues that Shakespeare sometimes seems more concerned with pleasing audiences than with distributing poetic justice.
• Johnson's criticism demonstrates his balanced method rather than unqualified praise.
• The other options contradict Johnson's actual assessment.
• He argues that Shakespeare sometimes seems more concerned with pleasing audiences than with distributing poetic justice.
• Johnson's criticism demonstrates his balanced method rather than unqualified praise.
• The other options contradict Johnson's actual assessment.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Assertion: Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare combines admiration with critical judgement.
Reason: Johnson praises Shakespeare's knowledge of human nature but also discusses faults of plot, diction and moral design.
Reason: Johnson praises Shakespeare's knowledge of human nature but also discusses faults of plot, diction and moral design.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Johnson neither worships nor dismisses Shakespeare.
• The Reason is correct because he balances praise of Shakespeare's universality with criticism of structural and stylistic faults.
• This combination illustrates Johnson's comparative and judicial criticism.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because he balances praise of Shakespeare's universality with criticism of structural and stylistic faults.
• This combination illustrates Johnson's comparative and judicial criticism.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Lives of the Poets was originally connected with which publishing project?
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Explanation:
• Johnson's Lives originated as biographical and critical prefaces for a large edition of English poets.
• The project developed into a major history of English poetry through individual lives.
• Each life usually combines biography, character analysis and literary criticism.
• It was not planned as classical translation or political biography.
• The project developed into a major history of English poetry through individual lives.
• Each life usually combines biography, character analysis and literary criticism.
• It was not planned as classical translation or political biography.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which method is most characteristic of Johnson's Lives of the Poets?
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Explanation:
• Johnson combines biographical narrative with critical analysis of each poet's works.
• He considers character, historical context, versification, style and reputation.
• This integrated method helped shape later literary biography.
• He neither excludes criticism nor treats the lives as fiction.
• He considers character, historical context, versification, style and reputation.
• This integrated method helped shape later literary biography.
• He neither excludes criticism nor treats the lives as fiction.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which poet is prominently cited in Johnson's discussion of metaphysical wit in the Life of Cowley?
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Explanation:
• Johnson prominently discusses John Donne when examining the metaphysical poets in the Life of Cowley.
• He criticizes their tendency to yoke heterogeneous ideas together by violence.
• His account became highly influential in the history of criticism.
• Blake and Keats belong to a later period and were not subjects of the original Lives.
• He criticizes their tendency to yoke heterogeneous ideas together by violence.
• His account became highly influential in the history of criticism.
• Blake and Keats belong to a later period and were not subjects of the original Lives.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which statement best describes Johnson's critical judgement in Lives of the Poets?
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Explanation:
• Johnson evaluates poets by considering form, language, moral purpose, invention and historical achievement.
• He compares writers and often revises inherited reputations.
• His criticism is strongly judgemental but also grounded in evidence and literary history.
• Private anecdote may appear, but it is not the sole basis of evaluation.
• He compares writers and often revises inherited reputations.
• His criticism is strongly judgemental but also grounded in evidence and literary history.
• Private anecdote may appear, but it is not the sole basis of evaluation.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Who wrote The Life of Samuel Johnson?
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Explanation:
• James Boswell wrote The Life of Samuel Johnson.
• The work was published in 1791.
• It draws on Boswell's journals, conversations, letters and recollections.
• Burke, Goldsmith and Garrick were important figures in Johnson's intellectual circle but were not the biographer.
• The work was published in 1791.
• It draws on Boswell's journals, conversations, letters and recollections.
• Burke, Goldsmith and Garrick were important figures in Johnson's intellectual circle but were not the biographer.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
What is a distinctive feature of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson?
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Explanation:
• Boswell gives unusual prominence to recorded conversation, anecdote and dramatic scene.
• Johnson emerges as a speaking, arguing and socially active personality.
• Boswell also makes his own presence visible as observer, questioner and companion.
• The work is therefore vivid, personal and dialogic rather than merely chronological.
• Johnson emerges as a speaking, arguing and socially active personality.
• Boswell also makes his own presence visible as observer, questioner and companion.
• The work is therefore vivid, personal and dialogic rather than merely chronological.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which source was especially important to Boswell's method as a biographer?
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Explanation:
• Boswell relied heavily on journals, memoranda, letters and notes of conversations.
• These materials allowed him to recreate scenes with unusual immediacy.
• His method blends documentary evidence with literary arrangement.
• The biography is not based solely on official records or invented speeches.
• These materials allowed him to recreate scenes with unusual immediacy.
• His method blends documentary evidence with literary arrangement.
• The biography is not based solely on official records or invented speeches.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Consider the following statements about Boswell's biography.
1. It presents Johnson through dialogue and anecdote.
2. It includes Boswell's own reactions and self-presentation.
3. It offers a completely neutral and impersonal record.
4. It contributes to the development of modern literary biography.
1. It presents Johnson through dialogue and anecdote.
2. It includes Boswell's own reactions and self-presentation.
3. It offers a completely neutral and impersonal record.
4. It contributes to the development of modern literary biography.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because conversation and anecdote are central to Boswell's portrait.
• Statement 2 is correct because Boswell frequently appears as participant and narrator.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the biography is selective, personal and shaped by Boswell's admiration and literary design.
• Statement 4 is correct because the work became a landmark in English biography.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because Boswell frequently appears as participant and narrator.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the biography is selective, personal and shaped by Boswell's admiration and literary design.
• Statement 4 is correct because the work became a landmark in English biography.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Dictionary of the English Language
2. Preface to Shakespeare
3. Lives of the Poets
4. Life of Samuel Johnson
List II
a. Boswell's conversational biography
b. Lexicography supported by literary quotation
c. Biographical and critical studies of English poets
d. Defence and evaluation of Shakespeare's drama
List I
1. Dictionary of the English Language
2. Preface to Shakespeare
3. Lives of the Poets
4. Life of Samuel Johnson
List II
a. Boswell's conversational biography
b. Lexicography supported by literary quotation
c. Biographical and critical studies of English poets
d. Defence and evaluation of Shakespeare's drama
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Explanation:
• Dictionary of the English Language is matched with lexicography supported by literary quotation.
• Preface to Shakespeare is matched with defence and evaluation of Shakespeare's drama.
• Lives of the Poets is matched with biographical and critical studies of English poets.
• Life of Samuel Johnson is matched with Boswell's conversational biography.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a.
• Preface to Shakespeare is matched with defence and evaluation of Shakespeare's drama.
• Lives of the Poets is matched with biographical and critical studies of English poets.
• Life of Samuel Johnson is matched with Boswell's conversational biography.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Arrange the following works in chronological order of publication.
1. The Rambler begins publication.
2. Dictionary of the English Language
3. Preface to Shakespeare
4. Life of Samuel Johnson
1. The Rambler begins publication.
2. Dictionary of the English Language
3. Preface to Shakespeare
4. Life of Samuel Johnson
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Explanation:
• The Rambler began publication in 1750.
• Dictionary of the English Language appeared in 1755.
• Preface to Shakespeare was published with Johnson's edition in 1765.
• Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson appeared in 1791.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• Dictionary of the English Language appeared in 1755.
• Preface to Shakespeare was published with Johnson's edition in 1765.
• Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson appeared in 1791.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which institution best represents the conversational and intellectual culture surrounding Johnson?
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Explanation:
• The Literary Club, founded in 1764, brought together Johnson, Joshua Reynolds and other leading figures.
• Its membership included writers, artists, politicians and intellectuals.
• Conversation was a central mode of intellectual exchange in this circle.
• The Oxford Movement belongs to the nineteenth century.
• Its membership included writers, artists, politicians and intellectuals.
• Conversation was a central mode of intellectual exchange in this circle.
• The Oxford Movement belongs to the nineteenth century.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which comparative statement about Johnson and Boswell is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Johnson's prose ranges across lexicography, criticism, moral essays and literary biography.
• Boswell's major achievement is a documentary yet dramatically shaped biography based on conversation, letters and observation.
• Both writers are deeply connected with eighteenth-century intellectual sociability.
• Their methods differ, but each helped expand the possibilities of English non-fictional prose.
• Boswell's major achievement is a documentary yet dramatically shaped biography based on conversation, letters and observation.
• Both writers are deeply connected with eighteenth-century intellectual sociability.
• Their methods differ, but each helped expand the possibilities of English non-fictional prose.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: D. 1755 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: D. To record and explain English words through definitions and illustrative quotations సమాధానం: D.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. It supports many definitions with quotations from English authors. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: B. Language changes, and no lexicographer can preserve it completely from alteration. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. A series of moral and critical periodical essays సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. Elevated, balanced and Latinate prose సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. 1765 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: D. Shakespeare represents general human nature with enduring truth. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: C. Unity of action సమాధానం: C.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. He argues that human life itself contains both sorrow and amusement. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. Shakespeare is morally careless at times and often sacrifices virtue to dramatic convenience. 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: A. A series of prefaces for an edition of English poets సమాధానం: A.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. Combining life, character, literary history and evaluation of works సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. John Donne సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: B. It combines historical information with moral, formal and comparative evaluation. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. James Boswell సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: D. It recreates conversation and presents Johnson through vivid scenes and anecdotes. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. His journals and notes of conversations సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: B. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: B. The Literary Club associated with Johnson, Reynolds and their contemporaries సమాధానం: B.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Johnson develops criticism, lexicography and moral essays, while Boswell constructs biography through documents, conversation and scene. సమాధానం: A.