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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which statement best defines biography?
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Explanation:
• Biography is an account of a person's life written by someone other than the subject.
• It may combine documentary research, interpretation, narrative shaping and historical context.
• A biography can include both public achievement and private experience.
• A first-person life narrative is more commonly classified as autobiography.
• It may combine documentary research, interpretation, narrative shaping and historical context.
• A biography can include both public achievement and private experience.
• A first-person life narrative is more commonly classified as autobiography.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which feature most clearly distinguishes autobiography from biography?
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Explanation:
• Autobiography is written by the person whose life is being narrated.
• The author, narrator and principal subject are conventionally understood as referring to the same person.
• Autobiography may use letters, diaries and other documents as evidence.
• It need not cover an entire life and may focus on selected periods.
• The author, narrator and principal subject are conventionally understood as referring to the same person.
• Autobiography may use letters, diaries and other documents as evidence.
• It need not cover an entire life and may focus on selected periods.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
How does memoir usually differ from a comprehensive autobiography?
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Explanation:
• Memoir usually selects a particular phase, theme, relationship or historical experience.
• Autobiography more often suggests a broader account of the development of a life and identity.
• Both forms depend on memory and narrative selection.
• Neither form is required to follow a day-by-day sequence.
• Autobiography more often suggests a broader account of the development of a life and identity.
• Both forms depend on memory and narrative selection.
• Neither form is required to follow a day-by-day sequence.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Who formulated the influential concept of the autobiographical pact?
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Explanation:
• Philippe Lejeune formulated the concept of the autobiographical pact.
• The pact describes the reader's expectation that the author, narrator and principal character share the same identity.
• It does not guarantee perfect factual accuracy.
• It establishes a convention of sincere referential intention between writer and reader.
• The pact describes the reader's expectation that the author, narrator and principal character share the same identity.
• It does not guarantee perfect factual accuracy.
• It establishes a convention of sincere referential intention between writer and reader.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
What does the autobiographical pact principally ask the reader to accept?
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Explanation:
• The autobiographical pact rests on the identity of author, narrator and protagonist.
• The writer presents the narrative as an account of his or her own life.
• This convention does not remove the effects of memory, selection or interpretation.
• First-person narration is common, but the pact is defined by identity rather than grammar alone.
• The writer presents the narrative as an account of his or her own life.
• This convention does not remove the effects of memory, selection or interpretation.
• First-person narration is common, but the pact is defined by identity rather than grammar alone.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which work is most closely associated with Lytton Strachey's revisionary approach to Victorian biography?
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Explanation:
• Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians was published in 1918.
• It challenged reverential forms of Victorian life writing through compression, irony and psychological interpretation.
• Apologia Pro Vita Sua is by John Henry Newman.
• Life of Samuel Johnson is by James Boswell.
• It challenged reverential forms of Victorian life writing through compression, irony and psychological interpretation.
• Apologia Pro Vita Sua is by John Henry Newman.
• Life of Samuel Johnson is by James Boswell.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which of the following is not one of the four principal subjects of Eminent Victorians?
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Explanation:
• John Ruskin is not one of the four principal subjects of Eminent Victorians.
• Strachey's four subjects are Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon.
• The portraits examine Victorian ideals through selective and often ironic narration.
• Ruskin was a major Victorian prose writer but does not receive one of the four biographies.
• Strachey's four subjects are Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon.
• The portraits examine Victorian ideals through selective and often ironic narration.
• Ruskin was a major Victorian prose writer but does not receive one of the four biographies.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which prose quality is most characteristic of Strachey's method in Eminent Victorians?
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Explanation:
• Strachey uses compression, irony and carefully selected detail to reinterpret celebrated Victorian figures.
• He rejects the monumental length and solemn reverence of much earlier biography.
• His portraits are strongly shaped by authorial judgement.
• The work is therefore interpretive rather than merely documentary.
• He rejects the monumental length and solemn reverence of much earlier biography.
• His portraits are strongly shaped by authorial judgement.
• The work is therefore interpretive rather than merely documentary.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Consider the following statements about Eminent Victorians.
Statement I: Strachey questions the heroic reputations of prominent Victorian figures.
Statement II: Strachey attempts to reproduce every available fact in equal detail.
Statement I: Strachey questions the heroic reputations of prominent Victorian figures.
Statement II: Strachey attempts to reproduce every available fact in equal detail.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Strachey revises heroic public images through irony and psychological scrutiny.
• Statement II is incorrect because his method is deliberately selective and compressed.
• He chooses revealing incidents rather than presenting every available fact.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because his method is deliberately selective and compressed.
• He chooses revealing incidents rather than presenting every available fact.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which description best defines an authorized biography?
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Explanation:
• An authorized biography is produced with the approval or cooperation of the subject, family or literary estate.
• Authorization may provide access to private papers, interviews and archives.
• It does not automatically guarantee objectivity or prohibit criticism.
• Readers should still examine the biographer's evidence, independence and method.
• Authorization may provide access to private papers, interviews and archives.
• It does not automatically guarantee objectivity or prohibit criticism.
• Readers should still examine the biographer's evidence, independence and method.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
What is a major potential advantage of an authorized biography?
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Explanation:
• Authorization often gives the biographer access to private documents and people unavailable to other researchers.
• Such access can enrich the evidentiary basis of the narrative.
• It may also create pressures of loyalty or control that require critical attention.
• Access does not guarantee neutrality or perfect accuracy.
• Such access can enrich the evidentiary basis of the narrative.
• It may also create pressures of loyalty or control that require critical attention.
• Access does not guarantee neutrality or perfect accuracy.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which concern is most frequently raised about authorized biography?
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Explanation:
• An authorized biographer may depend on the subject or estate for access and cooperation.
• This relationship can create pressure to protect reputation or avoid sensitive conclusions.
• Authorization itself does not make a biography unreliable, but it introduces a possible conflict of interest.
• Critical readers should compare the narrative with independent evidence.
• This relationship can create pressure to protect reputation or avoid sensitive conclusions.
• Authorization itself does not make a biography unreliable, but it introduces a possible conflict of interest.
• Critical readers should compare the narrative with independent evidence.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which source would normally count as documentary evidence in life writing?
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Explanation:
• A dated letter is a documentary source produced within a traceable historical context.
• It may provide evidence about relationships, intentions, language and events.
• Documents must still be interpreted for bias, purpose and audience.
• Rumour and invented episodes do not have the same evidentiary status.
• It may provide evidence about relationships, intentions, language and events.
• Documents must still be interpreted for bias, purpose and audience.
• Rumour and invented episodes do not have the same evidentiary status.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Why should a private diary not automatically be treated as a completely objective record?
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Explanation:
• Diary writing records events from a particular viewpoint and at particular moments.
• Selection, emotion, self-protection and incomplete knowledge may shape each entry.
• Some diaries are private, while others are written with possible future readers in mind.
• A diary remains valuable evidence but requires contextual and comparative interpretation.
• Selection, emotion, self-protection and incomplete knowledge may shape each entry.
• Some diaries are private, while others are written with possible future readers in mind.
• A diary remains valuable evidence but requires contextual and comparative interpretation.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which statement best explains self-fashioning in autobiography?
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Explanation:
• Self-fashioning refers to the way a writer constructs an identity through narrative choices.
• The autobiographer selects events, assigns meaning and presents a relationship between past and present selves.
• Identity is shaped within social, cultural and historical frameworks.
• Autobiography therefore records a life while also producing an interpretation of that life.
• The autobiographer selects events, assigns meaning and presents a relationship between past and present selves.
• Identity is shaped within social, cultural and historical frameworks.
• Autobiography therefore records a life while also producing an interpretation of that life.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Assertion: Autobiographical memory is reconstructive rather than a perfect recording of the past.
Reason: Later knowledge, present identity and narrative purpose influence how earlier experiences are remembered.
Reason: Later knowledge, present identity and narrative purpose influence how earlier experiences are remembered.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because memory does not preserve experience like an unchanged mechanical record.
• The Reason is correct because present concerns and later knowledge shape recollection.
• Autobiographical narration reorganizes remembered events into patterns of meaning.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because present concerns and later knowledge shape recollection.
• Autobiographical narration reorganizes remembered events into patterns of meaning.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which feature most clearly distinguishes confession as a mode of life writing?
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Explanation:
• Confessional writing emphasizes self-scrutiny and the disclosure of morally or psychologically significant experience.
• It often presents guilt, conversion, temptation, failure or inner conflict.
• The tradition includes religious as well as secular forms.
• Confession is defined by its mode of self-examination rather than by a required grammatical person.
• It often presents guilt, conversion, temptation, failure or inner conflict.
• The tradition includes religious as well as secular forms.
• Confession is defined by its mode of self-examination rather than by a required grammatical person.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which work is a foundational example of religious confession and spiritual autobiography?
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Explanation:
• Saint Augustine's Confessions is a foundational work of religious self-examination and spiritual autobiography.
• It narrates sin, intellectual development, conversion and the search for divine truth.
• Strachey and Boswell wrote biographies of others.
• Plutarch's Parallel Lives consists of comparative biographies.
• It narrates sin, intellectual development, conversion and the search for divine truth.
• Strachey and Boswell wrote biographies of others.
• Plutarch's Parallel Lives consists of comparative biographies.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Biography
2. Autobiography
3. Memoir
4. Authorized biography
List II
a. Selective recollection centred on particular experiences
b. Life narrative written by its subject
c. Life narrative written with official approval or cooperation
d. Life narrative written by another person
List I
1. Biography
2. Autobiography
3. Memoir
4. Authorized biography
List II
a. Selective recollection centred on particular experiences
b. Life narrative written by its subject
c. Life narrative written with official approval or cooperation
d. Life narrative written by another person
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Explanation:
• Biography is matched with a life narrative written by another person.
• Autobiography is matched with a life narrative written by its subject.
• Memoir is matched with selective recollection centred on particular experiences.
• Authorized biography is matched with a life narrative written with official approval or cooperation.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c.
• Autobiography is matched with a life narrative written by its subject.
• Memoir is matched with selective recollection centred on particular experiences.
• Authorized biography is matched with a life narrative written with official approval or cooperation.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Consider the following statements about reliability in personal narrative.
1. First-person testimony can provide unique access to lived experience.
2. Sincerity guarantees complete factual accuracy.
3. Memory may be affected by omission and retrospective interpretation.
4. Corroboration can strengthen confidence in disputed claims.
1. First-person testimony can provide unique access to lived experience.
2. Sincerity guarantees complete factual accuracy.
3. Memory may be affected by omission and retrospective interpretation.
4. Corroboration can strengthen confidence in disputed claims.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because first-person narration can preserve perceptions unavailable elsewhere.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because an honest narrator may still misremember or misunderstand events.
• Statement 3 is correct because memory is selective and retrospectively organized.
• Statement 4 is correct because independent documents or testimonies may confirm contested details.
• Therefore, statements 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because an honest narrator may still misremember or misunderstand events.
• Statement 3 is correct because memory is selective and retrospectively organized.
• Statement 4 is correct because independent documents or testimonies may confirm contested details.
• Therefore, statements 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Arrange the following stages in a responsible biographical investigation.
1. Compare conflicting accounts.
2. Formulate interpretive conclusions.
3. Collect relevant documents and testimonies.
4. Assess the provenance and reliability of sources.
1. Compare conflicting accounts.
2. Formulate interpretive conclusions.
3. Collect relevant documents and testimonies.
4. Assess the provenance and reliability of sources.
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Explanation:
• The researcher first gathers relevant documents, testimonies and archival materials.
• The provenance, purpose and reliability of those sources must then be assessed.
• Conflicting accounts should be compared before conclusions are reached.
• Interpretive conclusions follow from the evaluated body of evidence.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 3, 4, 1, 2.
• The provenance, purpose and reliability of those sources must then be assessed.
• Conflicting accounts should be compared before conclusions are reached.
• Interpretive conclusions follow from the evaluated body of evidence.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 3, 4, 1, 2.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
A memoirist compresses several similar incidents into one representative scene without informing the reader. Which issue does this most directly raise?
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Explanation:
• Combining several events into one scene may improve narrative economy but can mislead readers about what actually occurred.
• The issue concerns the boundary between truthful reconstruction and fabrication.
• Life writing inevitably involves selection, but substantial alteration should be handled transparently.
• The problem is ethical and evidentiary rather than grammatical or metrical.
• The issue concerns the boundary between truthful reconstruction and fabrication.
• Life writing inevitably involves selection, but substantial alteration should be handled transparently.
• The problem is ethical and evidentiary rather than grammatical or metrical.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which practice best strengthens the reliability of a biography?
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Explanation:
• Responsible biography distinguishes what is documented from what is inferred or conjectured.
• This transparency allows readers to evaluate the strength of each claim.
• Contradictory evidence should be addressed rather than concealed.
• Family traditions may be valuable leads but require corroboration.
• This transparency allows readers to evaluate the strength of each claim.
• Contradictory evidence should be addressed rather than concealed.
• Family traditions may be valuable leads but require corroboration.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which comparison between autobiography and memoir is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Autobiography commonly attempts a broad account of personal development across a substantial part of life.
• Memoir more often selects experiences connected with a theme, relationship, profession or historical period.
• Both forms use memory and may also use documentary sources.
• Neither form is defined by estate authorization or absolute factual certainty.
• Memoir more often selects experiences connected with a theme, relationship, profession or historical period.
• Both forms use memory and may also use documentary sources.
• Neither form is defined by estate authorization or absolute factual certainty.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement about life writing is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Life writing refers to forms that represent lived experience, including biography, autobiography and memoir.
• These forms make factual claims but necessarily select and organize material.
• Memory, documents, perspective and narrative design influence the resulting account.
• Reliability therefore depends on evidence, transparency and critical interpretation rather than the absence of literary form.
• These forms make factual claims but necessarily select and organize material.
• Memory, documents, perspective and narrative design influence the resulting account.
• Reliability therefore depends on evidence, transparency and critical interpretation rather than the absence of literary form.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. A narrative of a person's life written by another person సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. It is narrated by the subject of the life being represented. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. It concentrates selectively on particular experiences, relationships or historical periods. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Philippe Lejeune సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. That the author, narrator and protagonist refer to the same person సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Eminent Victorians సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: D. John Ruskin సమాధానం: D.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: A. Compressed narrative, irony and selective psychological portraiture సమాధానం: A.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. A biography approved or supported by the subject, family or estate సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Access to private letters, interviews and restricted archives సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. It may soften criticism because of dependence on the subject or estate. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. A dated letter written by the subject సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Because diary entries are selective and shaped by perspective, memory and immediate emotion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. The narrative construction of a public or private identity through selection and presentation సమాధానం: C.
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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: C. Emphasis on self-examination, disclosure and acknowledgement of fault or inner struggle సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. Saint Augustine's Confessions సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. 1, 3 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. 3, 4, 1, 2 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. The ethical and factual limits of narrative reconstruction సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Distinguishing verified fact, reasonable inference and speculation సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. Autobiography usually presents a broader life narrative, while memoir often organizes selected experience around a theme or period. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: D. Life writing combines factual reference with selection, memory, narrative design and interpretation. సమాధానం: D.