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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, who is the king of the fairies?
Explanation:
• Oberon is the king of the fairies and the husband of Titania.
• Their dispute over the Indian boy disturbs the natural world and initiates much of the supernatural confusion.
• Theseus is the Duke of Athens, while Egeus is Hermia's father.
• Oberon's interventions eventually help restore harmony among the lovers.
• Their dispute over the Indian boy disturbs the natural world and initiates much of the supernatural confusion.
• Theseus is the Duke of Athens, while Egeus is Hermia's father.
• Oberon's interventions eventually help restore harmony among the lovers.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
What name does Rosalind assume while disguised as a young man in As You Like It?
Explanation:
• Rosalind adopts the male identity Ganymede after entering the Forest of Arden.
• Her disguise gives her freedom of movement and allows her to test Orlando's love.
• Cesario is Viola's disguise in Twelfth Night.
• Aliena is the name assumed by Celia.
• Her disguise gives her freedom of movement and allows her to test Orlando's love.
• Cesario is Viola's disguise in Twelfth Night.
• Aliena is the name assumed by Celia.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
In Twelfth Night, Viola disguises herself under the name
Explanation:
• Viola disguises herself as Cesario after being shipwrecked in Illyria.
• She enters the service of Duke Orsino and is sent to court Olivia on his behalf.
• Olivia falls in love with Cesario, while Viola loves Orsino.
• The disguise creates the central romantic and mistaken-identity complications.
• She enters the service of Duke Orsino and is sent to court Olivia on his behalf.
• Olivia falls in love with Cesario, while Viola loves Orsino.
• The disguise creates the central romantic and mistaken-identity complications.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which couple is associated with witty verbal conflict and reluctant courtship in Much Ado About Nothing?
Explanation:
• Beatrice and Benedick engage in a sustained battle of wit and initially reject the idea of marriage.
• Their friends deceive each of them into believing that the other is secretly in love.
• Hero and Claudio form the play's more conventional romantic pair.
• The relationship between Beatrice and Benedick combines comic rivalry with emotional growth.
• Their friends deceive each of them into believing that the other is secretly in love.
• Hero and Claudio form the play's more conventional romantic pair.
• The relationship between Beatrice and Benedick combines comic rivalry with emotional growth.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
What condition does Shylock include in his bond with Antonio in The Merchant of Venice?
Explanation:
• Shylock demands a pound of Antonio's flesh if Antonio fails to repay the loan by the agreed date.
• Antonio accepts because he expects his merchant ships to return before payment is due.
• The bond later becomes the centre of the courtroom conflict.
• Portia defeats Shylock's claim by interpreting the terms of the agreement with extreme literalness.
• Antonio accepts because he expects his merchant ships to return before payment is due.
• The bond later becomes the centre of the courtroom conflict.
• Portia defeats Shylock's claim by interpreting the terms of the agreement with extreme literalness.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
The Comedy of Errors derives its central plot of separated identical twins chiefly from which Roman comedy?
Explanation:
• Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors draws chiefly on Plautus's Menaechmi.
• Plautus's play uses one pair of separated identical twins to generate mistaken identity.
• Shakespeare expands the confusion by adding a second pair of twins, the two Dromios.
• The adaptation demonstrates the influence of Roman comedy on Renaissance drama.
• Plautus's play uses one pair of separated identical twins to generate mistaken identity.
• Shakespeare expands the confusion by adding a second pair of twins, the two Dromios.
• The adaptation demonstrates the influence of Roman comedy on Renaissance drama.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which character is transformed so that he appears to have the head of an ass in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Explanation:
• Puck transforms Bottom by giving him the head of an ass.
• Under the influence of the love potion, Titania falls in love with the transformed Bottom.
• The episode combines physical comedy, magical confusion and parody of romantic desire.
• Bottom is one of the mechanicals preparing the play of Pyramus and Thisbe.
• Under the influence of the love potion, Titania falls in love with the transformed Bottom.
• The episode combines physical comedy, magical confusion and parody of romantic desire.
• Bottom is one of the mechanicals preparing the play of Pyramus and Thisbe.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Who is the professional fool in As You Like It?
Explanation:
• Touchstone is the court fool who accompanies Rosalind and Celia into the Forest of Arden.
• His wit exposes artificial romantic conventions and social pretensions.
• Jaques is a melancholy observer but is not the professional fool.
• Shakespearean fools often speak critical truths under the protection of comic performance.
• His wit exposes artificial romantic conventions and social pretensions.
• Jaques is a melancholy observer but is not the professional fool.
• Shakespearean fools often speak critical truths under the protection of comic performance.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which character is deceived into wearing yellow stockings and behaving foolishly in Twelfth Night?
Explanation:
• Malvolio is deceived by a forged letter written in Olivia's style.
• The letter instructs him to wear yellow stockings, appear cross-gartered and smile continually.
• Maria, Sir Toby and their companions design the prank to punish his vanity and self-righteousness.
• The episode introduces a darker element into the play's festive comedy.
• The letter instructs him to wear yellow stockings, appear cross-gartered and smile continually.
• Maria, Sir Toby and their companions design the prank to punish his vanity and self-righteousness.
• The episode introduces a darker element into the play's festive comedy.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Who devises the plot that falsely accuses Hero of sexual unfaithfulness in Much Ado About Nothing?
Explanation:
• Don John arranges the deception that causes Claudio and Don Pedro to believe Hero is unfaithful.
• Borachio stages the misleading scene with Margaret at Hero's window.
• Claudio publicly rejects Hero during the wedding ceremony.
• The truth is eventually uncovered through the comic investigation led by Dogberry's watch.
• Borachio stages the misleading scene with Margaret at Hero's window.
• Claudio publicly rejects Hero during the wedding ceremony.
• The truth is eventually uncovered through the comic investigation led by Dogberry's watch.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which casket does Bassanio choose in The Merchant of Venice?
Explanation:
• Bassanio chooses the lead casket and thereby wins the right to marry Portia.
• The test rejects attractive external appearances in favour of inward value and willingness to risk.
• The gold and silver caskets contain messages exposing pride and desire for worldly status.
• There is no ivory casket in Portia's father's test.
• The test rejects attractive external appearances in favour of inward value and willingness to risk.
• The gold and silver caskets contain messages exposing pride and desire for worldly status.
• There is no ivory casket in Portia's father's test.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
How many pairs of identical twins generate the mistaken identities in The Comedy of Errors?
Explanation:
• The play contains two pairs of identical twins.
• The first pair consists of Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus.
• The second pair consists of their servants, Dromio of Syracuse and Dromio of Ephesus.
• The doubling greatly expands the mistaken-identity possibilities inherited from Roman comedy.
• The first pair consists of Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus.
• The second pair consists of their servants, Dromio of Syracuse and Dromio of Ephesus.
• The doubling greatly expands the mistaken-identity possibilities inherited from Roman comedy.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which critic is especially associated with the interpretation of Shakespearean comedy as festive comedy?
Explanation:
• C. L. Barber developed an influential account of Shakespearean festive comedy.
• He examined how holiday customs, release from ordinary restraints and eventual social reintegration shape the comedies.
• A C. Bradley is especially associated with Shakespearean tragedy.
• Festive comedy often moves from established order through temporary freedom or confusion toward reconciliation.
• He examined how holiday customs, release from ordinary restraints and eventual social reintegration shape the comedies.
• A C. Bradley is especially associated with Shakespearean tragedy.
• Festive comedy often moves from established order through temporary freedom or confusion toward reconciliation.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which statement best describes the Forest of Arden in As You Like It?
Explanation:
• The Forest of Arden offers temporary freedom from the corruption and restrictions of court life.
• Characters assume disguises, examine their identities and form new relationships there.
• The forest contains hardship as well as pastoral freedom, so it is not a completely idealised world.
• It prepares characters for reconciliation and return to a renewed social order.
• Characters assume disguises, examine their identities and form new relationships there.
• The forest contains hardship as well as pastoral freedom, so it is not a completely idealised world.
• It prepares characters for reconciliation and return to a renewed social order.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
What role does Feste perform in Twelfth Night?
Explanation:
• Feste is the licensed fool associated with Olivia's household.
• His songs and wordplay comment on love, time, foolishness and mortality.
• Although called a fool, he often understands the characters more clearly than they understand themselves.
• His final song gives the comedy a reflective and slightly melancholy conclusion.
• His songs and wordplay comment on love, time, foolishness and mortality.
• Although called a fool, he often understands the characters more clearly than they understand themselves.
• His final song gives the comedy a reflective and slightly melancholy conclusion.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which character disguises herself as a male legal expert named Balthazar in The Merchant of Venice?
Explanation:
• Portia disguises herself as the young lawyer Balthazar during Antonio's trial.
• She first appeals to Shylock to show mercy and then defeats his claim through legal interpretation.
• Nerissa accompanies her disguised as a clerk.
• The disguise allows Portia to exercise authority unavailable to her in her ordinary social role.
• She first appeals to Shylock to show mercy and then defeats his claim through legal interpretation.
• Nerissa accompanies her disguised as a clerk.
• The disguise allows Portia to exercise authority unavailable to her in her ordinary social role.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements about disguise in Shakespearean comedy.
Statement I: Disguise often gives female characters greater freedom to act and speak.
Statement II: Disguise always prevents the eventual recognition and reconciliation of characters.
Choose the correct answer.
Statement I: Disguise often gives female characters greater freedom to act and speak.
Statement II: Disguise always prevents the eventual recognition and reconciliation of characters.
Choose the correct answer.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Rosalind, Viola and Portia gain mobility, influence or authority through disguise.
• Statement II is incorrect because the removal of disguise commonly produces recognition and resolution.
• Disguise creates dramatic irony by allowing the audience to know more than many characters.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because the removal of disguise commonly produces recognition and resolution.
• Disguise creates dramatic irony by allowing the audience to know more than many characters.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which of the following statements about A Midsummer Night's Dream are correct?
1. Puck mistakenly applies the love potion to Lysander.
2. Titania falls in love with Bottom under magical influence.
3. The mechanicals perform Pyramus and Thisbe at the wedding celebration.
4. Hermia willingly marries Demetrius at the end.
1. Puck mistakenly applies the love potion to Lysander.
2. Titania falls in love with Bottom under magical influence.
3. The mechanicals perform Pyramus and Thisbe at the wedding celebration.
4. Hermia willingly marries Demetrius at the end.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Puck mistakes Lysander for the Athenian man Oberon intended him to enchant.
• Statement 2 is correct because Titania awakens under the spell and loves the transformed Bottom.
• Statement 3 is correct because the mechanicals perform Pyramus and Thisbe before the newly married couples.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because Hermia marries Lysander, while Helena marries Demetrius.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Titania awakens under the spell and loves the transformed Bottom.
• Statement 3 is correct because the mechanicals perform Pyramus and Thisbe before the newly married couples.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because Hermia marries Lysander, while Helena marries Demetrius.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Assertion: Mistaken identity is structurally central to Twelfth Night.
Reason: Viola and Sebastian are twins whose similar appearance causes other characters to confuse one with the other.
Choose the correct answer.
Reason: Viola and Sebastian are twins whose similar appearance causes other characters to confuse one with the other.
Choose the correct answer.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because several late complications depend on confusing Sebastian with the disguised Viola.
• The Reason is correct because the twins closely resemble each other while Viola appears in male clothing as Cesario.
• Olivia marries Sebastian while believing him to be Cesario, and Antonio mistakes Viola for Sebastian.
• The Reason directly explains the structural importance of mistaken identity.
• The Reason is correct because the twins closely resemble each other while Viola appears in male clothing as Cesario.
• Olivia marries Sebastian while believing him to be Cesario, and Antonio mistakes Viola for Sebastian.
• The Reason directly explains the structural importance of mistaken identity.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Rosalind
2. Viola
3. Portia
4. Beatrice
List II
P. Balthazar
Q. Ganymede
R. Witty opponent and eventual partner of Benedick
S. Cesario
Choose the correct code.
List I
1. Rosalind
2. Viola
3. Portia
4. Beatrice
List II
P. Balthazar
Q. Ganymede
R. Witty opponent and eventual partner of Benedick
S. Cesario
Choose the correct code.
Explanation:
• Rosalind matches Q because she assumes the identity Ganymede.
• Viola matches S because she serves Orsino under the name Cesario.
• Portia matches P because she appears in court as Balthazar.
• Beatrice matches R because she exchanges wit with Benedick before their reconciliation.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-Q, 2-S, 3-P, 4-R.
• Viola matches S because she serves Orsino under the name Cesario.
• Portia matches P because she appears in court as Balthazar.
• Beatrice matches R because she exchanges wit with Benedick before their reconciliation.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-Q, 2-S, 3-P, 4-R.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Arrange the following events in Twelfth Night in the correct sequence.
1. Olivia marries Sebastian.
2. Viola enters Orsino's service as Cesario.
3. Sebastian arrives in Illyria.
4. Viola and Sebastian recognise each other.
1. Olivia marries Sebastian.
2. Viola enters Orsino's service as Cesario.
3. Sebastian arrives in Illyria.
4. Viola and Sebastian recognise each other.
Explanation:
• Viola first disguises herself as Cesario and enters Orsino's service.
• Sebastian subsequently arrives in Illyria after surviving the shipwreck.
• Olivia mistakes Sebastian for Cesario and marries him.
• The twins finally appear together and recognise each other.
• The correct sequence is 2, 3, 1, 4.
• Sebastian subsequently arrives in Illyria after surviving the shipwreck.
• Olivia mistakes Sebastian for Cesario and marries him.
• The twins finally appear together and recognise each other.
• The correct sequence is 2, 3, 1, 4.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
Explanation:
• The pair Dogberry — efficient and eloquent tragic judge is incorrect.
• Dogberry is a comic constable whose confused language produces malapropisms.
• Despite his incompetence, his watch accidentally uncovers Don John's deception.
• Puck, Touchstone and Malvolio are correctly matched with their dramatic functions.
• Dogberry is a comic constable whose confused language produces malapropisms.
• Despite his incompetence, his watch accidentally uncovers Don John's deception.
• Puck, Touchstone and Malvolio are correctly matched with their dramatic functions.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
A heroine adopts male clothing, gains freedom to move through an unfamiliar society and indirectly teaches the man she loves how to understand love. This pattern most directly describes
Explanation:
• Rosalind disguises herself as Ganymede and enters the Forest of Arden.
• In disguise, she asks Orlando to practise courtship with her while he believes she is a young man.
• The role allows her to examine and guide his understanding of romantic love.
• The device combines disguise, dramatic irony, education and eventual reconciliation.
• In disguise, she asks Orlando to practise courtship with her while he believes she is a young man.
• The role allows her to examine and guide his understanding of romantic love.
• The device combines disguise, dramatic irony, education and eventual reconciliation.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which comparison between the main plot and comic subplot in Much Ado About Nothing is most accurate?
Explanation:
• Hero and Claudio's relationship is disrupted by Don John's malicious deception and Claudio's public rejection of Hero.
• Beatrice and Benedick are brought together through the benevolent deception arranged by their friends.
• The two plots contrast destructive misinterpretation with comic self-discovery.
• Their eventual union contributes to the play's movement from division toward reconciliation.
• Beatrice and Benedick are brought together through the benevolent deception arranged by their friends.
• The two plots contrast destructive misinterpretation with comic self-discovery.
• Their eventual union contributes to the play's movement from division toward reconciliation.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which statement best explains why The Merchant of Venice complicates the conventions of romantic comedy?
Explanation:
• The play includes conventional comic elements such as courtship, the casket test, disguise, ring deception and multiple marriages.
• Its treatment of Shylock introduces disturbing questions about prejudice, exclusion, law, mercy and forced conversion.
• The commercial bond links romantic aspirations with money and risk.
• The ending restores the Christian couples but does not erase the play's ethical uneasiness.
• Its treatment of Shylock introduces disturbing questions about prejudice, exclusion, law, mercy and forced conversion.
• The commercial bond links romantic aspirations with money and risk.
• The ending restores the Christian couples but does not erase the play's ethical uneasiness.
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Question 26
ప్రశ్న 26
Which combination correctly identifies common features of Shakespearean festive comedy?
1. Temporary release from ordinary social restrictions
2. Confusion created by disguise, magic or mistaken identity
3. Movement toward recognition, marriage or reconciliation
4. Complete elimination of conflict and darker emotional elements
1. Temporary release from ordinary social restrictions
2. Confusion created by disguise, magic or mistaken identity
3. Movement toward recognition, marriage or reconciliation
4. Complete elimination of conflict and darker emotional elements
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because festive comedy often creates a temporary holiday, forest or carnival space outside ordinary rules.
• Statement 2 is correct because disguise, enchantment and mistaken identity generate comic disorder.
• Statement 3 is correct because recognition and reconciliation commonly restore or renew society.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because plays such as Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice retain exclusion, humiliation or emotional uneasiness.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because disguise, enchantment and mistaken identity generate comic disorder.
• Statement 3 is correct because recognition and reconciliation commonly restore or renew society.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because plays such as Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice retain exclusion, humiliation or emotional uneasiness.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Oberon సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. Ganymede సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: D. Cesario సమాధానం: D.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: C. Beatrice and Benedick సమాధానం: C.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. A pound of Antonio's flesh if the loan is not repaid సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Menaechmi సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: D. Bottom సమాధానం: D.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: C. Touchstone సమాధానం: C.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Malvolio సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Don John సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. The lead casket సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. Two pairs సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. C. L. Barber సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. It provides an alternative space for disguise, reflection, courtship and transformation. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. He is Olivia's licensed fool. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: C. Portia సమాధానం: C.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. 1-Q, 2-S, 3-P, 4-R సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. 2, 3, 1, 4 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. Dogberry — efficient and eloquent tragic judge సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Rosalind in As You Like It సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: B. The Hero and Claudio plot involves slander and threatened tragedy, while the Beatrice and Benedick plot develops through witty deception and courtship. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: D. Its action is entirely separated from social and economic conflict. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 26 ప్రశ్న 26Answer: A. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: A.
