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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which statement best describes American transcendentalism?
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Explanation:
• American transcendentalism emphasized intuition, spiritual insight, nature and the moral authority of the individual.
• It developed partly from Romanticism, German idealism and dissatisfaction with established religious institutions.
• Emerson and Thoreau are among its most important representatives.
• The movement did not reduce truth to material evidence or institutional authority.
• It developed partly from Romanticism, German idealism and dissatisfaction with established religious institutions.
• Emerson and Thoreau are among its most important representatives.
• The movement did not reduce truth to material evidence or institutional authority.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Who wrote Self-Reliance?
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Explanation:
• Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote Self-Reliance.
• The essay was published in Essays: First Series in 1841.
• It urges individuals to trust their own moral and intellectual perceptions.
• Thoreau developed related ideas in Walden and Civil Disobedience.
• The essay was published in Essays: First Series in 1841.
• It urges individuals to trust their own moral and intellectual perceptions.
• Thoreau developed related ideas in Walden and Civil Disobedience.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
What is the central principle of Emerson's Self-Reliance?
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Explanation:
• Emerson urges individuals to trust their own thought and moral intuition.
• Self-reliance requires intellectual independence and resistance to unthinking conformity.
• It does not mean selfish isolation or freedom from ethical responsibility.
• The essay challenges dependence on institutions, traditions and public opinion.
• Self-reliance requires intellectual independence and resistance to unthinking conformity.
• It does not mean selfish isolation or freedom from ethical responsibility.
• The essay challenges dependence on institutions, traditions and public opinion.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
According to Emerson, what is the principal danger of conformity?
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Explanation:
• Emerson regards conformity as a threat to independent thought and authentic selfhood.
• Social expectations may cause individuals to distrust their own perceptions.
• Self-reliance requires the courage to resist approval-seeking behaviour.
• Emerson does not oppose community itself, but he rejects mechanical obedience.
• Social expectations may cause individuals to distrust their own perceptions.
• Self-reliance requires the courage to resist approval-seeking behaviour.
• Emerson does not oppose community itself, but he rejects mechanical obedience.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
In Self-Reliance, Emerson's criticism of foolish consistency is directed mainly against what?
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Explanation:
• Emerson criticizes rigid consistency maintained only to protect one's reputation.
• A person should be willing to revise yesterday's opinion when present insight demands it.
• His argument supports intellectual growth rather than random contradiction.
• Stable principles remain valuable when they arise from genuine conviction.
• A person should be willing to revise yesterday's opinion when present insight demands it.
• His argument supports intellectual growth rather than random contradiction.
• Stable principles remain valuable when they arise from genuine conviction.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which Emersonian concept expresses the spiritual unity connecting individuals, nature and the divine?
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Explanation:
• The Over-Soul represents a universal spiritual reality shared by human beings and nature.
• Emerson presents individual intuition as a means of participating in this larger unity.
• The concept is central to his transcendental philosophy.
• The social contract and state of nature belong to political philosophy, while the objective correlative is associated with T.S. Eliot.
• Emerson presents individual intuition as a means of participating in this larger unity.
• The concept is central to his transcendental philosophy.
• The social contract and state of nature belong to political philosophy, while the objective correlative is associated with T.S. Eliot.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
What role does nature play in Emerson's philosophical prose?
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Explanation:
• Emerson treats nature as a visible expression of spiritual reality.
• Contact with nature can renew perception and free the individual from conventional habits.
• Natural forms also function symbolically in his thought.
• Nature is therefore more than an economic resource or passive background.
• Contact with nature can renew perception and free the individual from conventional habits.
• Natural forms also function symbolically in his thought.
• Nature is therefore more than an economic resource or passive background.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Consider the following statements about Emerson.
Statement I: He values intuition as a source of spiritual and moral knowledge.
Statement II: He argues that truth must always be accepted from established institutions without personal examination.
Statement I: He values intuition as a source of spiritual and moral knowledge.
Statement II: He argues that truth must always be accepted from established institutions without personal examination.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because intuition occupies a central place in Emerson's transcendental philosophy.
• Statement II is incorrect because Emerson repeatedly challenges passive dependence on institutions and inherited authority.
• He asks individuals to test ideas through their own conscience and experience.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Emerson repeatedly challenges passive dependence on institutions and inherited authority.
• He asks individuals to test ideas through their own conscience and experience.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Who wrote Walden?
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Explanation:
• Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden.
• The book was published in 1854.
• It draws on Thoreau's residence near Walden Pond from 1845 to 1847.
• The work combines autobiography, natural observation, social criticism and philosophical reflection.
• The book was published in 1854.
• It draws on Thoreau's residence near Walden Pond from 1845 to 1847.
• The work combines autobiography, natural observation, social criticism and philosophical reflection.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Where did Thoreau conduct the experiment described in Walden?
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Explanation:
• Thoreau built a small cabin near Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts.
• He lived there for slightly more than two years.
• The experiment allowed him to examine simplicity, labour, nature and social convention.
• Walden is a shaped literary account rather than a complete day-by-day diary.
• He lived there for slightly more than two years.
• The experiment allowed him to examine simplicity, labour, nature and social convention.
• Walden is a shaped literary account rather than a complete day-by-day diary.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
What was Thoreau's principal purpose in living at Walden Pond?
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Explanation:
• Thoreau says that he went to the woods to live deliberately.
• He wished to confront the essential facts of life and avoid discovering too late that he had not truly lived.
• His experiment involved selective contact with society rather than complete isolation.
• The project was philosophical and personal, not an official government assignment.
• He wished to confront the essential facts of life and avoid discovering too late that he had not truly lived.
• His experiment involved selective contact with society rather than complete isolation.
• The project was philosophical and personal, not an official government assignment.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which principle is most closely associated with the Economy chapter of Walden?
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Explanation:
• In Economy, Thoreau examines shelter, food, clothing, labour and personal expenditure.
• He argues that unnecessary possessions may enslave their owners through labour and anxiety.
• Simplicity creates time and freedom for reflection.
• His argument challenges materialism rather than rejecting every practical necessity.
• He argues that unnecessary possessions may enslave their owners through labour and anxiety.
• Simplicity creates time and freedom for reflection.
• His argument challenges materialism rather than rejecting every practical necessity.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Consider the following statements about Walden.
1. It combines personal experience with philosophical reflection.
2. It contains close observation of seasonal change and natural life.
3. It advocates the accumulation of luxury as the purpose of labour.
4. It criticizes conformity and unnecessary material dependence.
1. It combines personal experience with philosophical reflection.
2. It contains close observation of seasonal change and natural life.
3. It advocates the accumulation of luxury as the purpose of labour.
4. It criticizes conformity and unnecessary material dependence.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Thoreau turns his experiment into philosophical prose.
• Statement 2 is correct because Walden closely records weather, animals, plants and seasonal transformation.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the book criticizes luxury and excessive material labour.
• Statement 4 is correct because Thoreau advocates independence from social conformity and unnecessary wants.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because Walden closely records weather, animals, plants and seasonal transformation.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because the book criticizes luxury and excessive material labour.
• Statement 4 is correct because Thoreau advocates independence from social conformity and unnecessary wants.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Under what title was Thoreau's Civil Disobedience first published?
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Explanation:
• The essay was first published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government.
• It later became widely known as Civil Disobedience.
• The work examines the individual's moral relationship to the state.
• Life without Principle is another essay by Thoreau.
• It later became widely known as Civil Disobedience.
• The work examines the individual's moral relationship to the state.
• Life without Principle is another essay by Thoreau.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Why was Thoreau briefly imprisoned in 1846?
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Explanation:
• Thoreau refused to pay the poll tax because he opposed policies supported by the government.
• His protest was connected particularly with slavery and the Mexican-American War.
• He spent a night in jail before the tax was paid by another person.
• The incident became an important basis for Civil Disobedience.
• His protest was connected particularly with slavery and the Mexican-American War.
• He spent a night in jail before the tax was paid by another person.
• The incident became an important basis for Civil Disobedience.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
What does Thoreau mean when he argues that government is best when it governs least?
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Explanation:
• Thoreau distrusts excessive governmental power and bureaucratic control.
• He argues that the state should not override justice or individual moral responsibility.
• His claim does not require political indifference or military authority.
• Civil Disobedience ultimately places conscience above passive obedience to law.
• He argues that the state should not override justice or individual moral responsibility.
• His claim does not require political indifference or military authority.
• Civil Disobedience ultimately places conscience above passive obedience to law.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Assertion: Thoreau believes that an individual may be morally required to disobey an unjust law.
Reason: Obedience to law does not remove personal responsibility for the injustice that the law supports.
Reason: Obedience to law does not remove personal responsibility for the injustice that the law supports.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Thoreau places justice and conscience above automatic obedience.
• The Reason is correct because citizens remain morally responsible for their cooperation with injustice.
• Refusing taxes or withdrawing support can therefore become a form of principled resistance.
• The Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because citizens remain morally responsible for their cooperation with injustice.
• Refusing taxes or withdrawing support can therefore become a form of principled resistance.
• The Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Self-Reliance
2. Walden
3. Civil Disobedience
4. Nature
List II
a. Resistance to unjust government
b. Individual trust and nonconformity
c. Spiritual relationship between humanity and the natural world
d. Deliberate living and simplicity
List I
1. Self-Reliance
2. Walden
3. Civil Disobedience
4. Nature
List II
a. Resistance to unjust government
b. Individual trust and nonconformity
c. Spiritual relationship between humanity and the natural world
d. Deliberate living and simplicity
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Explanation:
• Self-Reliance is matched with individual trust and nonconformity.
• Walden is matched with deliberate living and simplicity.
• Civil Disobedience is matched with resistance to unjust government.
• Nature is matched with the spiritual relationship between humanity and the natural world.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c.
• Walden is matched with deliberate living and simplicity.
• Civil Disobedience is matched with resistance to unjust government.
• Nature is matched with the spiritual relationship between humanity and the natural world.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Arrange the following works in chronological order of first publication.
1. Nature
2. Self-Reliance
3. Resistance to Civil Government
4. Walden
1. Nature
2. Self-Reliance
3. Resistance to Civil Government
4. Walden
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Explanation:
• Emerson's Nature was published in 1836.
• Self-Reliance appeared in Essays: First Series in 1841.
• Resistance to Civil Government was published in 1849.
• Walden was published in 1854.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• Self-Reliance appeared in Essays: First Series in 1841.
• Resistance to Civil Government was published in 1849.
• Walden was published in 1854.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which comparison between Emerson and Thoreau is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Emerson formulates a broad philosophy of intuition, self-reliance and spiritual unity.
• Thoreau applies related ideas to daily living at Walden and resistance to unjust government.
• Both writers value nature and individual conscience.
• Their prose differs in emphasis but shares a transcendental foundation.
• Thoreau applies related ideas to daily living at Walden and resistance to unjust government.
• Both writers value nature and individual conscience.
• Their prose differs in emphasis but shares a transcendental foundation.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A citizen refuses to participate in a legal practice because it directly supports an injustice. Which concept best describes this action?
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Explanation:
• Civil disobedience is the principled refusal to obey or support an unjust law or policy.
• The action is guided by conscience and accepts responsibility for resistance.
• Thoreau's refusal to pay the poll tax provides a major example.
• Passive conformity would involve cooperation rather than resistance.
• The action is guided by conscience and accepts responsibility for resistance.
• Thoreau's refusal to pay the poll tax provides a major example.
• Passive conformity would involve cooperation rather than resistance.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which principle best expresses Thoreau's relationship between democracy and conscience?
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Explanation:
• Thoreau distinguishes numerical majority from moral justice.
• A majority may possess greater physical power without possessing ethical truth.
• Individuals must examine government action through conscience.
• His argument challenges passive majoritarianism rather than democracy's ideal of responsible citizenship.
• A majority may possess greater physical power without possessing ethical truth.
• Individuals must examine government action through conscience.
• His argument challenges passive majoritarianism rather than democracy's ideal of responsible citizenship.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
In transcendental prose, nature frequently functions as what?
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Explanation:
• Transcendental writers treat nature as a source of spiritual and intellectual insight.
• Natural forms may reveal correspondences between the material and spiritual worlds.
• Solitude in nature can help the individual resist social distraction.
• Nature is therefore neither meaningless nor merely commercial.
• Natural forms may reveal correspondences between the material and spiritual worlds.
• Solitude in nature can help the individual resist social distraction.
• Nature is therefore neither meaningless nor merely commercial.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Transcendentalism does not advocate unquestioning submission to institutions.
• It emphasizes intuition, personal conscience and spiritual independence.
• Self-Reliance is correctly associated with nonconformity.
• Walden explores deliberate living, while Civil Disobedience places conscience above unjust authority.
• It emphasizes intuition, personal conscience and spiritual independence.
• Self-Reliance is correctly associated with nonconformity.
• Walden explores deliberate living, while Civil Disobedience places conscience above unjust authority.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated interpretation of Emerson's and Thoreau's prose is most appropriate?
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Explanation:
• Emerson connects self-culture with intuition, nature and resistance to conformity.
• Thoreau explores simplicity, direct experience and moral opposition to unjust government.
• Individual freedom in their prose includes ethical responsibility rather than selfish isolation.
• Together, their works form a major tradition of American philosophical and democratic prose.
• Thoreau explores simplicity, direct experience and moral opposition to unjust government.
• Individual freedom in their prose includes ethical responsibility rather than selfish isolation.
• Together, their works form a major tradition of American philosophical and democratic prose.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: C. A movement emphasizing intuition, spiritual reality, nature and individual conscience సమాధానం: C.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. Ralph Waldo Emerson సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: B. Trust in one's own thought and moral intuition సమాధానం: B.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. It suppresses independent thought and authentic identity. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. The refusal to change merely because one fears appearing inconsistent సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. The Over-Soul సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: A. It acts as a medium through which spiritual truth and human consciousness may be understood. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: D. Henry David Thoreau సమాధానం: D.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Near Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: A. To live deliberately and examine the essential conditions of life సమాధానం: A.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: C. Simplifying material needs can increase intellectual and spiritual independence. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: D. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: D.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Resistance to Civil Government సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: A. He refused to pay the poll tax as a protest against slavery and the Mexican-American War. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Political authority should be limited and remain subordinate to individual conscience. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. Emerson develops transcendental individualism philosophically, while Thoreau tests related principles through lived experiment and political resistance. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. Civil disobedience సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Majority rule does not automatically make an action morally just. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: B. A source of spiritual insight and a counterpart to human consciousness సమాధానం: B.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Transcendentalism — unquestioning submission to institutions సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: C. Their prose connects self-culture, nature and conscience with criticism of conformity and unjust authority. సమాధానం: C.