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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Who wrote The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry?
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Explanation:
• Walter Pater wrote The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry.
• The volume first appeared in 1873 under the title Studies in the History of the Renaissance.
• It contains essays on figures and works associated with Renaissance art and culture.
• Pater's sensuous and reflective prose became central to English aestheticism.
• The volume first appeared in 1873 under the title Studies in the History of the Renaissance.
• It contains essays on figures and works associated with Renaissance art and culture.
• Pater's sensuous and reflective prose became central to English aestheticism.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which critical movement is most closely associated with Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde?
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Explanation:
• Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde are major representatives of English aestheticism.
• Aestheticism emphasizes beauty, artistic experience and the relative autonomy of art.
• The movement resists the demand that every artwork must justify itself through moral or practical utility.
• Naturalism, utilitarianism and historical materialism pursue different intellectual aims.
• Aestheticism emphasizes beauty, artistic experience and the relative autonomy of art.
• The movement resists the demand that every artwork must justify itself through moral or practical utility.
• Naturalism, utilitarianism and historical materialism pursue different intellectual aims.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
In the Conclusion to The Renaissance, what does Pater urge the individual to seek?
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Explanation:
• Pater urges readers to cultivate intense, discriminating and fully conscious experience.
• He treats life as fleeting and therefore values the quality of each passing moment.
• Art is important because it can heighten perception and deepen awareness.
• He does not advocate passive obedience or the reduction of art to moral lessons.
• He treats life as fleeting and therefore values the quality of each passing moment.
• Art is important because it can heighten perception and deepen awareness.
• He does not advocate passive obedience or the reduction of art to moral lessons.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which phrase best summarizes the doctrine commonly called art for art's sake?
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Explanation:
• Art for art's sake asserts that artistic value need not depend on moral, political or utilitarian service.
• Beauty, form, style and imaginative experience may justify art in themselves.
• The doctrine became closely associated with aestheticism and Oscar Wilde.
• It does not require scientific realism or explicit didacticism.
• Beauty, form, style and imaginative experience may justify art in themselves.
• The doctrine became closely associated with aestheticism and Oscar Wilde.
• It does not require scientific realism or explicit didacticism.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which work by Walter Pater contains his celebrated meditation on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa?
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Explanation:
• Pater's discussion of the Mona Lisa appears in the essay on Leonardo da Vinci in The Renaissance.
• The passage exemplifies his evocative and impressionistic critical method.
• He transforms visual response into highly patterned prose.
• The other works are also by Pater but do not contain this famous discussion.
• The passage exemplifies his evocative and impressionistic critical method.
• He transforms visual response into highly patterned prose.
• The other works are also by Pater but do not contain this famous discussion.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which description best characterizes Pater's impressionistic criticism?
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Explanation:
• Pater's criticism often begins with the question of what distinctive impression a work produces upon the critic.
• The critic then analyses the qualities that create that impression.
• This method gives importance to individual perception, sensibility and style.
• It does not ignore history entirely, but it resists rigid universal formulas.
• The critic then analyses the qualities that create that impression.
• This method gives importance to individual perception, sensibility and style.
• It does not ignore history entirely, but it resists rigid universal formulas.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Consider the following statements about Pater's aesthetic criticism.
Statement I: He values the intensity and quality of individual experience.
Statement II: He argues that art is valuable only when it communicates a direct moral command.
Statement I: He values the intensity and quality of individual experience.
Statement II: He argues that art is valuable only when it communicates a direct moral command.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Pater repeatedly emphasizes heightened perception and intense experience.
• Statement II is incorrect because he resists reducing art to direct moral instruction.
• His criticism gives priority to beauty, form, style and the effect of the work upon consciousness.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because he resists reducing art to direct moral instruction.
• His criticism gives priority to beauty, form, style and the effect of the work upon consciousness.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which figure receives an extended biographical and critical study in Pater's The Renaissance?
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Explanation:
• Pater includes an important essay on Johann Joachim Winckelmann in The Renaissance.
• Winckelmann's response to Greek art helps Pater explore aesthetic temperament and classical beauty.
• Johnson, Carlyle and Newman belong to other traditions of English prose and criticism.
• The Winckelmann essay is central to Pater's account of aesthetic experience.
• Winckelmann's response to Greek art helps Pater explore aesthetic temperament and classical beauty.
• Johnson, Carlyle and Newman belong to other traditions of English prose and criticism.
• The Winckelmann essay is central to Pater's account of aesthetic experience.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which Paterian principle is expressed by the claim that all art constantly aspires towards the condition of music?
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Explanation:
• Pater values music because form and content appear inseparable within it.
• Other arts aspire to a similar unity in which meaning is embodied in form rather than added externally.
• The statement highlights his concern with artistic medium and formal organization.
• It does not mean that all arts must literally become music.
• Other arts aspire to a similar unity in which meaning is embodied in form rather than added externally.
• The statement highlights his concern with artistic medium and formal organization.
• It does not mean that all arts must literally become music.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Who wrote the critical dialogue The Critic as Artist?
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Explanation:
• Oscar Wilde wrote The Critic as Artist.
• It was published in Intentions and is structured as a dialogue between Gilbert and Ernest.
• Wilde presents criticism as a creative and imaginative art.
• Pater influenced Wilde, but he did not write this dialogue.
• It was published in Intentions and is structured as a dialogue between Gilbert and Ernest.
• Wilde presents criticism as a creative and imaginative art.
• Pater influenced Wilde, but he did not write this dialogue.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which two speakers conduct the dialogue in The Critic as Artist?
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Explanation:
• The Critic as Artist is a dialogue between Gilbert and Ernest.
• Gilbert develops many of Wilde's provocative claims about criticism and artistic interpretation.
• Cyril and Vivian appear in The Decay of Lying.
• Jack and Algernon belong to The Importance of Being Earnest, while Dorian and Basil belong to The Picture of Dorian Gray.
• Gilbert develops many of Wilde's provocative claims about criticism and artistic interpretation.
• Cyril and Vivian appear in The Decay of Lying.
• Jack and Algernon belong to The Importance of Being Earnest, while Dorian and Basil belong to The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which critical work by Wilde argues that life imitates art more than art imitates life?
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Explanation:
• The Decay of Lying develops Wilde's claim that life imitates art more than art imitates life.
• The dialogue challenges conventional realism and the idea that art merely copies nature.
• Wilde argues that artistic forms influence how people perceive and organize reality.
• The other essays address different aesthetic, political or critical questions.
• The dialogue challenges conventional realism and the idea that art merely copies nature.
• Wilde argues that artistic forms influence how people perceive and organize reality.
• The other essays address different aesthetic, political or critical questions.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Who are the speakers in Wilde's The Decay of Lying?
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Explanation:
• The Decay of Lying is presented as a dialogue between Cyril and Vivian.
• Vivian voices the major anti-realist and aesthetic arguments.
• Gilbert and Ernest are the speakers in The Critic as Artist.
• The other pairs belong to Wilde's fiction and drama.
• Vivian voices the major anti-realist and aesthetic arguments.
• Gilbert and Ernest are the speakers in The Critic as Artist.
• The other pairs belong to Wilde's fiction and drama.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which collection brings together Wilde's major critical essays and dialogues including The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist?
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Explanation:
• Intentions collects several of Wilde's most important critical essays and dialogues.
• It includes The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist.
• The volume presents his views on criticism, representation, style and artistic autonomy.
• De Profundis and the other listed works belong to different genres.
• It includes The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist.
• The volume presents his views on criticism, representation, style and artistic autonomy.
• De Profundis and the other listed works belong to different genres.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which statement appears as an aesthetic principle in the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray?
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Explanation:
• Wilde's Preface ends with the paradoxical statement that all art is quite useless.
• The claim rejects the demand that art must justify itself through practical or moral service.
• Uselessness here signals autonomy rather than worthlessness.
• The Preface functions as a compact manifesto of aestheticism.
• The claim rejects the demand that art must justify itself through practical or moral service.
• Uselessness here signals autonomy rather than worthlessness.
• The Preface functions as a compact manifesto of aestheticism.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Assertion: Wilde treats criticism as potentially creative.
Reason: In The Critic as Artist, interpretation can generate new intellectual and imaginative experience rather than merely summarize an artwork.
Reason: In The Critic as Artist, interpretation can generate new intellectual and imaginative experience rather than merely summarize an artwork.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Wilde elevates criticism to the level of artistic creation.
• The Reason is correct because the critic does more than report an author's intention or paraphrase a work.
• Critical interpretation can become an independent imaginative performance.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because the critic does more than report an author's intention or paraphrase a work.
• Critical interpretation can become an independent imaginative performance.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements about Wilde's aesthetic criticism.
1. The critic may create meanings beyond the artist's conscious intention.
2. Art should be judged only by its usefulness to social reform.
3. Style is central to artistic value.
4. Paradox is an important method in Wilde's prose.
1. The critic may create meanings beyond the artist's conscious intention.
2. Art should be judged only by its usefulness to social reform.
3. Style is central to artistic value.
4. Paradox is an important method in Wilde's prose.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Wilde grants the critic creative interpretive freedom.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because aestheticism resists judging art only by social usefulness.
• Statement 3 is correct because style is fundamental to Wilde's conception of art.
• Statement 4 is correct because his critical prose repeatedly uses paradox to unsettle conventional assumptions.
• Therefore, statements 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because aestheticism resists judging art only by social usefulness.
• Statement 3 is correct because style is fundamental to Wilde's conception of art.
• Statement 4 is correct because his critical prose repeatedly uses paradox to unsettle conventional assumptions.
• Therefore, statements 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Walter Pater
2. Oscar Wilde
3. Gilbert and Ernest
4. Cyril and Vivian
List II
a. Speakers in The Decay of Lying
b. The Renaissance
c. Speakers in The Critic as Artist
d. Intentions
List I
1. Walter Pater
2. Oscar Wilde
3. Gilbert and Ernest
4. Cyril and Vivian
List II
a. Speakers in The Decay of Lying
b. The Renaissance
c. Speakers in The Critic as Artist
d. Intentions
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Explanation:
• Walter Pater is matched with The Renaissance.
• Oscar Wilde is matched with Intentions.
• Gilbert and Ernest are the speakers in The Critic as Artist.
• Cyril and Vivian are the speakers in The Decay of Lying.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a.
• Oscar Wilde is matched with Intentions.
• Gilbert and Ernest are the speakers in The Critic as Artist.
• Cyril and Vivian are the speakers in The Decay of Lying.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Arrange the following works in chronological order of first publication.
1. The Renaissance
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray
3. Intentions
4. De Profundis
1. The Renaissance
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray
3. Intentions
4. De Profundis
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Explanation:
• The Renaissance first appeared in 1873.
• The Picture of Dorian Gray first appeared in 1890 and was revised for book publication in 1891.
• Intentions was published in 1891.
• De Profundis was published posthumously in 1905.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• The Picture of Dorian Gray first appeared in 1890 and was revised for book publication in 1891.
• Intentions was published in 1891.
• De Profundis was published posthumously in 1905.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Aestheticism does not require compulsory moral didacticism.
• It emphasizes beauty, style, sensibility and the autonomy of art.
• Pater is correctly associated with impressionistic criticism.
• Wilde is correctly associated with critical dialogues and paradoxical aesthetic theory.
• It emphasizes beauty, style, sensibility and the autonomy of art.
• Pater is correctly associated with impressionistic criticism.
• Wilde is correctly associated with critical dialogues and paradoxical aesthetic theory.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A critic asks not whether a painting teaches a moral lesson but what distinctive effect it produces and which formal qualities create that effect. Which method is being applied?
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Explanation:
• The critic begins with the particular impression produced by the artwork.
• The next step is to identify the qualities responsible for that response.
• This procedure closely resembles Pater's impressionistic criticism.
• It differs from moral utility, biography and textual editing.
• The next step is to identify the qualities responsible for that response.
• This procedure closely resembles Pater's impressionistic criticism.
• It differs from moral utility, biography and textual editing.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which comparison between Pater and Wilde is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Pater emphasizes cultivated perception, intensity of experience and the distinctive impression of art.
• Wilde extends aestheticism through paradox, dialogue and bold claims for artistic autonomy.
• Both writers give major importance to style and form.
• Neither reduces art to scientific description or compulsory moral instruction.
• Wilde extends aestheticism through paradox, dialogue and bold claims for artistic autonomy.
• Both writers give major importance to style and form.
• Neither reduces art to scientific description or compulsory moral instruction.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which statement best describes the relationship between art and morality in aestheticism?
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Explanation:
• Aestheticism resists reducing artistic value to explicit moral usefulness.
• An artwork may still involve ethical themes or affect its audience morally.
• The central claim is that beauty, form, style and imaginative power require independent critical attention.
• This position is different from declaring art inherently immoral or socially ineffective.
• An artwork may still involve ethical themes or affect its audience morally.
• The central claim is that beauty, form, style and imaginative power require independent critical attention.
• This position is different from declaring art inherently immoral or socially ineffective.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which prose feature is especially characteristic of Wilde's critical essays and dialogues?
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Explanation:
• Wilde frequently uses paradox to challenge familiar beliefs about nature, criticism, morality and art.
• His critical dialogues dramatize competing positions through distinctive voices.
• Wit and reversal make the prose intellectually provocative and stylistically memorable.
• Statistical documentation and literal exposition are not its defining methods.
• His critical dialogues dramatize competing positions through distinctive voices.
• Wit and reversal make the prose intellectually provocative and stylistically memorable.
• Statistical documentation and literal exposition are not its defining methods.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Consider the following propositions.
1. Pater's criticism values the critic's cultivated response.
2. Wilde's The Decay of Lying defends simple photographic realism.
3. The Critic as Artist presents criticism as a creative act.
4. Art for art's sake questions purely utilitarian standards of artistic value.
1. Pater's criticism values the critic's cultivated response.
2. Wilde's The Decay of Lying defends simple photographic realism.
3. The Critic as Artist presents criticism as a creative act.
4. Art for art's sake questions purely utilitarian standards of artistic value.
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Explanation:
• Proposition 1 is correct because Pater begins from a refined and self-aware response to art.
• Proposition 2 is incorrect because The Decay of Lying attacks crude realism and celebrates artistic invention.
• Proposition 3 is correct because Wilde treats criticism as imaginative creation.
• Proposition 4 is correct because art for art's sake resists judging art solely by practical utility.
• Therefore, propositions 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
• Proposition 2 is incorrect because The Decay of Lying attacks crude realism and celebrates artistic invention.
• Proposition 3 is correct because Wilde treats criticism as imaginative creation.
• Proposition 4 is correct because art for art's sake resists judging art solely by practical utility.
• Therefore, propositions 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Walter Pater సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. Aestheticism సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Intense and refined moments of experience సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: B. Art has value primarily through its own beauty and form. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: C. The Renaissance సమాధానం: C.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: D. It begins from the critic's refined response to the unique qualities of a work. సమాధానం: D.
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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. Johann Joachim Winckelmann సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. The highest art fuses form and content so completely that they cannot be separated. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Oscar Wilde సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: B. Gilbert and Ernest సమాధానం: B.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. The Decay of Lying సమాధానం: B.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: C. Cyril and Vivian సమాధానం: C.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: D. Intentions సమాధానం: D.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: A. All art is quite useless. సమాధానం: A.
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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: D. 1, 3 and 4 only సమాధానం: D.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. Aestheticism — compulsory moral didacticism సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: D. Impressionistic criticism సమాధానం: D.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Pater emphasizes refined individual experience, while Wilde develops aesthetic autonomy through paradox and dialogue. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Art may engage moral questions, but its artistic value cannot be reduced entirely to moral usefulness. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: B. Paradox used to reverse conventional assumptions సమాధానం: B.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: C. 1, 3 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.