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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which work by Frederick Douglass was first published in 1845?
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Explanation:
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave was first published in 1845.
• It recounts Douglass's enslavement, intellectual awakening, resistance and escape.
• The work became one of the most influential American slave narratives.
• My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass are later autobiographical works.
• It recounts Douglass's enslavement, intellectual awakening, resistance and escape.
• The work became one of the most influential American slave narratives.
• My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass are later autobiographical works.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which feature is most characteristic of the nineteenth-century slave narrative?
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Explanation:
• The slave narrative usually presents a first-person account of bondage and the struggle for freedom.
• It often documents violence, family separation, literacy, religious hypocrisy and escape.
• The form combines personal testimony with abolitionist argument.
• Its historical claims distinguish it from purely fictional romance.
• It often documents violence, family separation, literacy, religious hypocrisy and escape.
• The form combines personal testimony with abolitionist argument.
• Its historical claims distinguish it from purely fictional romance.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
What role does literacy play in Douglass's Narrative?
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Explanation:
• Literacy enables Douglass to understand the ideological structure of slavery.
• Reading and writing strengthen his sense of selfhood and his desire for freedom.
• Enslavers fear literacy because it can challenge imposed ignorance and obedience.
• The Narrative therefore links education with resistance and liberation.
• Reading and writing strengthen his sense of selfhood and his desire for freedom.
• Enslavers fear literacy because it can challenge imposed ignorance and obedience.
• The Narrative therefore links education with resistance and liberation.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which event in Douglass's Narrative marks a major turning point in his recovery of self-respect?
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Explanation:
• Douglass's resistance to Edward Covey marks a decisive psychological turning point.
• The struggle does not immediately free him legally, but it restores his confidence and determination.
• Douglass presents the event as a recovery of manhood and moral agency.
• It demonstrates that resistance can transform the enslaved person's sense of self.
• The struggle does not immediately free him legally, but it restores his confidence and determination.
• Douglass presents the event as a recovery of manhood and moral agency.
• It demonstrates that resistance can transform the enslaved person's sense of self.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Why does Douglass criticize certain forms of Christianity in his Narrative?
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Explanation:
• Douglass distinguishes genuine Christian ethics from the pro-slavery religion practised by hypocritical enslavers.
• He condemns the use of scripture and religious authority to excuse violence and domination.
• His criticism is directed at corrupt religious practice rather than at Christianity as such.
• This distinction is especially clear in the Appendix to the Narrative.
• He condemns the use of scripture and religious authority to excuse violence and domination.
• His criticism is directed at corrupt religious practice rather than at Christianity as such.
• This distinction is especially clear in the Appendix to the Narrative.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Consider the following statements about Douglass's slave narrative.
Statement I: It presents personal experience as evidence against slavery.
Statement II: It avoids all discussion of literacy, religion and violence.
Statement I: It presents personal experience as evidence against slavery.
Statement II: It avoids all discussion of literacy, religion and violence.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Douglass uses autobiographical testimony to expose slavery's injustice.
• Statement II is incorrect because literacy, religious hypocrisy and physical violence are central subjects of the Narrative.
• The work joins personal experience with political argument.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because literacy, religious hypocrisy and physical violence are central subjects of the Narrative.
• The work joins personal experience with political argument.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk?
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Explanation:
• W.E.B. Du Bois wrote The Souls of Black Folk.
• The book was published in 1903.
• It combines history, sociology, autobiography, political argument and lyrical prose.
• Its concepts of double consciousness and the color line became foundational in African American thought.
• The book was published in 1903.
• It combines history, sociology, autobiography, political argument and lyrical prose.
• Its concepts of double consciousness and the color line became foundational in African American thought.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
What does Du Bois mean by double consciousness?
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Explanation:
• Double consciousness describes the divided self-awareness produced by racial oppression.
• African Americans must understand themselves while also confronting how a racist society defines them.
• The condition creates tension between American identity and Black identity.
• Du Bois seeks a fuller identity that does not require the loss of either element.
• African Americans must understand themselves while also confronting how a racist society defines them.
• The condition creates tension between American identity and Black identity.
• Du Bois seeks a fuller identity that does not require the loss of either element.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
In The Souls of Black Folk, what does the veil symbolize?
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Explanation:
• The veil symbolizes the separation between Black and white experience in the United States.
• It represents exclusion, distorted perception and unequal social knowledge.
• Those behind the veil may perceive both their own world and the dominant society.
• The image is closely connected with double consciousness.
• It represents exclusion, distorted perception and unequal social knowledge.
• Those behind the veil may perceive both their own world and the dominant society.
• The image is closely connected with double consciousness.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which phrase is closely associated with Du Bois's diagnosis of the twentieth century?
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Explanation:
• Du Bois declares that the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
• The phrase refers to racial division within the United States and across the modern world.
• It connects domestic segregation with colonial and global structures of race.
• The formulation is central to The Souls of Black Folk.
• The phrase refers to racial division within the United States and across the modern world.
• It connects domestic segregation with colonial and global structures of race.
• The formulation is central to The Souls of Black Folk.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which musical and cultural element appears at the beginning of the chapters in The Souls of Black Folk?
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Explanation:
• Du Bois places bars of African American spirituals, which he calls Sorrow Songs, before the chapters.
• These songs preserve the grief, faith and historical memory of enslaved people.
• They contribute to the book's lyrical and polyphonic structure.
• Du Bois treats them as a major cultural achievement of African American history.
• These songs preserve the grief, faith and historical memory of enslaved people.
• They contribute to the book's lyrical and polyphonic structure.
• Du Bois treats them as a major cultural achievement of African American history.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Assertion: The Souls of Black Folk cannot be classified as a purely sociological treatise.
Reason: It combines social analysis with autobiography, history, music, political argument and literary symbolism.
Reason: It combines social analysis with autobiography, history, music, political argument and literary symbolism.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the book exceeds the limits of a single academic discipline.
• The Reason is correct because Du Bois blends multiple prose modes and cultural forms.
• This combination gives the work both analytical authority and emotional power.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because Du Bois blends multiple prose modes and cultural forms.
• This combination gives the work both analytical authority and emotional power.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which work by James Baldwin is a collection of essays first published in 1955?
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Explanation:
• Notes of a Native Son is Baldwin's 1955 collection of essays.
• The essays address race, literature, family, identity and American society.
• The title essay joins personal grief with analysis of racial conflict.
• The other listed works are novels.
• The essays address race, literature, family, identity and American society.
• The title essay joins personal grief with analysis of racial conflict.
• The other listed works are novels.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which description best characterizes James Baldwin's essayistic method?
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Explanation:
• Baldwin combines autobiography with political and cultural analysis.
• His essays often move from individual memory to wider questions of race, history, sexuality and national identity.
• The prose is intellectually rigorous and emotionally self-examining.
• Personal experience becomes a means of investigating public structures.
• His essays often move from individual memory to wider questions of race, history, sexuality and national identity.
• The prose is intellectually rigorous and emotionally self-examining.
• Personal experience becomes a means of investigating public structures.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
What is a central concern of Baldwin's The Fire Next Time?
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Explanation:
• The Fire Next Time examines racial oppression, religious experience and the moral future of the United States.
• Baldwin critiques white supremacy and reflects on his involvement with the church.
• He calls for a transformation based on truth, love and historical recognition.
• The work is central to African American civil rights era prose.
• Baldwin critiques white supremacy and reflects on his involvement with the church.
• He calls for a transformation based on truth, love and historical recognition.
• The work is central to African American civil rights era prose.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which statement best describes Baldwin's treatment of identity?
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Explanation:
• Baldwin treats identity as historically and socially formed rather than biologically fixed.
• Race, family, sexuality, religion and national myths shape self-understanding.
• He also emphasizes the individual's responsibility to examine inherited identities critically.
• Confronting the past is necessary for personal and collective freedom.
• Race, family, sexuality, religion and national myths shape self-understanding.
• He also emphasizes the individual's responsibility to examine inherited identities critically.
• Confronting the past is necessary for personal and collective freedom.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
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Explanation:
• Maya Angelou wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
• The autobiographical work was published in 1969.
• It recounts Angelou's childhood and adolescence in the segregated United States.
• The narrative explores race, trauma, language, family and the development of voice.
• The autobiographical work was published in 1969.
• It recounts Angelou's childhood and adolescence in the segregated United States.
• The narrative explores race, trauma, language, family and the development of voice.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which theme is especially important in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
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Explanation:
• Angelou's narrative traces the recovery of voice after childhood trauma and silence.
• Literature, education, family and community contribute to her growing selfhood.
• The book also exposes the effects of racism and segregation.
• Its movement toward speech becomes both personal and symbolic.
• Literature, education, family and community contribute to her growing selfhood.
• The book also exposes the effects of racism and segregation.
• Its movement toward speech becomes both personal and symbolic.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Consider the following statements about African American autobiographical traditions.
1. Personal testimony may challenge dominant historical narratives.
2. Literacy and voice often function as signs of agency.
3. Race and identity are treated as unrelated to social institutions.
4. Individual experience may be connected with collective history.
1. Personal testimony may challenge dominant historical narratives.
2. Literacy and voice often function as signs of agency.
3. Race and identity are treated as unrelated to social institutions.
4. Individual experience may be connected with collective history.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because life writing can correct histories that exclude Black experience.
• Statement 2 is correct because literacy and voice frequently symbolize resistance and self-definition.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because race and identity are closely linked with law, education, religion and economic power.
• Statement 4 is correct because private experience often represents a broader communal struggle.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because literacy and voice frequently symbolize resistance and self-definition.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because race and identity are closely linked with law, education, religion and economic power.
• Statement 4 is correct because private experience often represents a broader communal struggle.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Frederick Douglass
2. W.E.B. Du Bois
3. James Baldwin
4. Maya Angelou
List II
a. Notes of a Native Son
b. The Souls of Black Folk
c. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
d. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
List I
1. Frederick Douglass
2. W.E.B. Du Bois
3. James Baldwin
4. Maya Angelou
List II
a. Notes of a Native Son
b. The Souls of Black Folk
c. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
d. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Explanation:
• Frederick Douglass is matched with Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
• W.E.B. Du Bois is matched with The Souls of Black Folk.
• James Baldwin is matched with Notes of a Native Son.
• Maya Angelou is matched with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c.
• W.E.B. Du Bois is matched with The Souls of Black Folk.
• James Baldwin is matched with Notes of a Native Son.
• Maya Angelou is matched with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Arrange the following works in chronological order of first publication.
1. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
2. The Souls of Black Folk
3. Notes of a Native Son
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
2. The Souls of Black Folk
3. Notes of a Native Son
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Explanation:
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was published in 1845.
• The Souls of Black Folk appeared in 1903.
• Notes of a Native Son was published in 1955.
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings appeared in 1969.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• The Souls of Black Folk appeared in 1903.
• Notes of a Native Son was published in 1955.
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings appeared in 1969.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Maya Angelou does not defend segregation.
• Her autobiographical writing exposes the violence and humiliation produced by racist social structures.
• Douglass links literacy with liberation, and Du Bois formulates double consciousness.
• Baldwin critically examines racial and national myths.
• Her autobiographical writing exposes the violence and humiliation produced by racist social structures.
• Douglass links literacy with liberation, and Du Bois formulates double consciousness.
• Baldwin critically examines racial and national myths.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
A life writer connects a personal experience of discrimination with laws, institutions and the memories of a wider community. Which feature of African American life writing is most clearly illustrated?
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Explanation:
• African American life writing often moves from personal experience to collective historical analysis.
• Individual testimony reveals how institutions shape everyday life.
• The personal voice can challenge official narratives and make structural injustice visible.
• This method joins autobiography with social and political criticism.
• Individual testimony reveals how institutions shape everyday life.
• The personal voice can challenge official narratives and make structural injustice visible.
• This method joins autobiography with social and political criticism.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Assertion: First-person testimony is valuable evidence about racial oppression.
Reason: A personal narrative is automatically complete, unbiased and free from the limits of memory.
Reason: A personal narrative is automatically complete, unbiased and free from the limits of memory.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because testimony provides access to lived experience often excluded from official records.
• The Reason is incorrect because every personal narrative is shaped by memory, perspective and selection.
• Critical reading should value testimony while also considering context and corroboration.
• Therefore, the Assertion is correct, but the Reason is incorrect.
• The Reason is incorrect because every personal narrative is shaped by memory, perspective and selection.
• Critical reading should value testimony while also considering context and corroboration.
• Therefore, the Assertion is correct, but the Reason is incorrect.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which comparative statement about Douglass, Du Bois, Baldwin and Angelou is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Douglass uses slave narrative to expose bondage and affirm freedom.
• Du Bois combines autobiography, sociology and cultural criticism to analyse racial division.
• Baldwin joins personal reflection with moral and political argument.
• Angelou transforms childhood memory into a narrative of trauma, voice and selfhood.
• Their forms differ, but each connects identity with racial power and historical struggle.
• Du Bois combines autobiography, sociology and cultural criticism to analyse racial division.
• Baldwin joins personal reflection with moral and political argument.
• Angelou transforms childhood memory into a narrative of trauma, voice and selfhood.
• Their forms differ, but each connects identity with racial power and historical struggle.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. A first-person account of enslavement, resistance and the pursuit of freedom సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. It becomes a means of intellectual liberation and resistance. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. His physical resistance to Edward Covey సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. He distinguishes the Christianity of Christ from the religion used to justify slavery. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: B. W.E.B. Du Bois సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: C. The experience of seeing oneself through both one's own awareness and the hostile judgement of a racist society సమాధానం: C.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. The cultural and perceptual barrier created by racial division సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: A. The problem of the color line సమాధానం: A.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: B. Sorrow Songs సమాధానం: B.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: C. Notes of a Native Son సమాధానం: C.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. A combination of personal experience, moral inquiry and cultural criticism సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. The relationship between racial injustice, religion and American identity సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. Identity is formed through history, social power, personal experience and self-examination. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: B. Maya Angelou సమాధానం: B.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. The recovery of voice and selfhood after trauma సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: D. Angelou — defence of segregation సమాధానం: D.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: B. The transformation of personal testimony into collective social criticism సమాధానం: B.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: C. Assertion is correct, but Reason is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: C. Their works use different forms of life writing and essay to examine freedom, identity and racial power. సమాధానం: C.