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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which statement best defines news writing?
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Explanation:
• News writing communicates timely and verifiable information about events of public relevance.
• It normally emphasizes accuracy, clarity, attribution and relevance.
• Fiction may invent events, whereas journalism makes factual claims that can be checked.
• News writing may contain interpretation, but it must distinguish verified information from speculation.
• It normally emphasizes accuracy, clarity, attribution and relevance.
• Fiction may invent events, whereas journalism makes factual claims that can be checked.
• News writing may contain interpretation, but it must distinguish verified information from speculation.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which feature most clearly distinguishes feature writing from a conventional hard-news report?
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Explanation:
• Feature writing often provides background, human interest, scene and interpretation beyond the immediate facts.
• Hard-news reports usually foreground the most urgent information early.
• Features still depend on factual accuracy and responsible attribution.
• They are not required to use first-person narration and may address a wide range of subjects.
• Hard-news reports usually foreground the most urgent information early.
• Features still depend on factual accuracy and responsible attribution.
• They are not required to use first-person narration and may address a wide range of subjects.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which practice is central to investigative journalism?
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Explanation:
• Investigative journalism seeks to uncover information that powerful institutions or individuals may wish to conceal.
• It often requires documents, confidential sources, interviews, data analysis and sustained verification.
• Merely repeating official statements is not investigation.
• Fairness and legal caution require careful attribution and opportunities for response when appropriate.
• It often requires documents, confidential sources, interviews, data analysis and sustained verification.
• Merely repeating official statements is not investigation.
• Fairness and legal caution require careful attribution and opportunities for response when appropriate.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which description best defines literary journalism?
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Explanation:
• Literary journalism applies narrative techniques to verifiable people and events.
• Scene, dialogue, characterization and thematic structure may increase depth and readability.
• The use of literary technique does not permit fabrication.
• Its defining tension lies in combining factual responsibility with crafted narrative form.
• Scene, dialogue, characterization and thematic structure may increase depth and readability.
• The use of literary technique does not permit fabrication.
• Its defining tension lies in combining factual responsibility with crafted narrative form.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which writer's essays and reportage include The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia?
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Explanation:
• George Orwell wrote The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
• The first examines industrial poverty and class in northern England.
• The second records Orwell's experience in the Spanish Civil War.
• Both works combine observation, political reflection and self-scrutiny.
• The first examines industrial poverty and class in northern England.
• The second records Orwell's experience in the Spanish Civil War.
• Both works combine observation, political reflection and self-scrutiny.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Consider the following statements about George Orwell's journalism.
Statement I: Orwell often combines eyewitness observation with criticism of political language and power.
Statement II: Orwell presents the reporter as completely free from social position and personal judgement.
Statement I: Orwell often combines eyewitness observation with criticism of political language and power.
Statement II: Orwell presents the reporter as completely free from social position and personal judgement.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Orwell links concrete observation with analysis of class, empire, war and political language.
• Statement II is incorrect because he frequently acknowledges his own position, uncertainty and moral involvement.
• His first-person presence can become part of the evidence rather than a claim to perfect neutrality.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because he frequently acknowledges his own position, uncertainty and moral involvement.
• His first-person presence can become part of the evidence rather than a claim to perfect neutrality.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Who wrote In Cold Blood?
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Explanation:
• Truman Capote wrote In Cold Blood.
• The work was first published in book form in 1966 after serialization in The New Yorker.
• It reconstructs the murder of the Clutter family and the investigation that followed.
• Capote described the work as a non-fiction novel.
• The work was first published in book form in 1966 after serialization in The New Yorker.
• It reconstructs the murder of the Clutter family and the investigation that followed.
• Capote described the work as a non-fiction novel.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which real event forms the basis of In Cold Blood?
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Explanation:
• In Cold Blood is based on the 1959 murder of Herbert Clutter, his wife Bonnie and their children Nancy and Kenyon in Holcomb, Kansas.
• Capote researched the case through interviews, records and extended observation.
• The narrative follows both the victims' community and the accused killers.
• The work raises enduring questions about fact, reconstruction and narrative authority.
• Capote researched the case through interviews, records and extended observation.
• The narrative follows both the victims' community and the accused killers.
• The work raises enduring questions about fact, reconstruction and narrative authority.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
What does Capote's term non-fiction novel imply in relation to In Cold Blood?
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Explanation:
• The term non-fiction novel suggests a factual subject shaped through novelistic techniques.
• Capote uses scene, characterization, suspense, shifting perspective and thematic structure.
• The classification does not remove the obligation to factual accuracy.
• Critical debate often focuses on the boundary between documented fact and reconstructed detail.
• Capote uses scene, characterization, suspense, shifting perspective and thematic structure.
• The classification does not remove the obligation to factual accuracy.
• Critical debate often focuses on the boundary between documented fact and reconstructed detail.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Assertion: In Cold Blood is frequently discussed in debates about journalistic ethics.
Reason: The work uses reconstructed scenes and interior perspectives that may exceed what can be independently verified.
Reason: The work uses reconstructed scenes and interior perspectives that may exceed what can be independently verified.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the work occupies a contested space between journalism and literary narrative.
• The Reason is correct because some scenes, dialogue and psychological representations depend on Capote's reconstruction.
• This raises questions about transparency, memory and the limits of factual narration.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because some scenes, dialogue and psychological representations depend on Capote's reconstruction.
• This raises questions about transparency, memory and the limits of factual narration.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which essay collection is most closely associated with Joan Didion's early literary journalism?
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Explanation:
• Slouching Towards Bethlehem is a major essay collection by Joan Didion, published in 1968.
• It includes reportage and personal essays on California, counterculture and social fragmentation.
• Didion's prose combines precise observation with an awareness of uncertainty and subjective position.
• The other listed works are associated with Tom Wolfe or Norman Mailer.
• It includes reportage and personal essays on California, counterculture and social fragmentation.
• Didion's prose combines precise observation with an awareness of uncertainty and subjective position.
• The other listed works are associated with Tom Wolfe or Norman Mailer.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which feature is especially characteristic of Joan Didion's prose?
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Explanation:
• Didion's prose is controlled, economical and alert to cultural disintegration.
• She often examines how individuals and societies create narratives to impose order on uncertainty.
• Her personal presence is frequently visible, but it does not eliminate analytical distance.
• Official data may appear, yet her method also depends on scene, voice and symbolic detail.
• She often examines how individuals and societies create narratives to impose order on uncertainty.
• Her personal presence is frequently visible, but it does not eliminate analytical distance.
• Official data may appear, yet her method also depends on scene, voice and symbolic detail.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Who is most closely associated with the New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s and with works such as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?
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Explanation:
• Tom Wolfe is strongly associated with New Journalism.
• The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test uses immersive reporting and highly stylized prose to depict the counterculture.
• Wolfe also theorized journalistic techniques such as scene-by-scene construction and status detail.
• Orwell, Capote and Baldwin contributed to literary non-fiction but are not identified with this particular work.
• The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test uses immersive reporting and highly stylized prose to depict the counterculture.
• Wolfe also theorized journalistic techniques such as scene-by-scene construction and status detail.
• Orwell, Capote and Baldwin contributed to literary non-fiction but are not identified with this particular work.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which technique did Tom Wolfe identify as important to New Journalism?
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Explanation:
• Wolfe emphasized scene-by-scene construction as a way of giving reportage narrative immediacy.
• He also valued extended dialogue, point of view and detailed signs of social status.
• These techniques were adapted from fiction but applied to reported events.
• Their ethical use depends on accurate observation and clear limits on reconstruction.
• He also valued extended dialogue, point of view and detailed signs of social status.
• These techniques were adapted from fiction but applied to reported events.
• Their ethical use depends on accurate observation and clear limits on reconstruction.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Consider the following statements about New Journalism.
1. It often uses immersive reporting.
2. It may employ scene, dialogue and shifting perspective.
3. It permits the invention of facts whenever the story becomes more dramatic.
4. It challenges the idea that all journalism must use an impersonal style.
1. It often uses immersive reporting.
2. It may employ scene, dialogue and shifting perspective.
3. It permits the invention of facts whenever the story becomes more dramatic.
4. It challenges the idea that all journalism must use an impersonal style.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because New Journalists often spent extensive time with their subjects.
• Statement 2 is correct because they used techniques associated with narrative fiction.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because literary technique does not justify factual invention.
• Statement 4 is correct because New Journalism often makes the reporter's perspective and style visible.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because they used techniques associated with narrative fiction.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because literary technique does not justify factual invention.
• Statement 4 is correct because New Journalism often makes the reporter's perspective and style visible.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which statement best explains journalistic objectivity?
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Explanation:
• Objectivity is better understood as a disciplined method than as the absence of all perspective.
• Verification, attribution, transparency and fair treatment of evidence strengthen reliability.
• Context and interpretation may be necessary for understanding events.
• Giving equal weight to unsupported and well-supported claims creates false balance rather than objectivity.
• Verification, attribution, transparency and fair treatment of evidence strengthen reliability.
• Context and interpretation may be necessary for understanding events.
• Giving equal weight to unsupported and well-supported claims creates false balance rather than objectivity.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which action most clearly violates journalistic ethics?
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Explanation:
• Fabricating a quotation creates false evidence and violates the reader's trust.
• Corrections are part of accountable journalism.
• Confidential sources may be ethically protected when the public interest and risk justify anonymity.
• Seeking comment supports fairness and allows relevant subjects to respond.
• Corrections are part of accountable journalism.
• Confidential sources may be ethically protected when the public interest and risk justify anonymity.
• Seeking comment supports fairness and allows relevant subjects to respond.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. George Orwell
2. Truman Capote
3. Joan Didion
4. Tom Wolfe
List II
a. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
b. In Cold Blood
c. The Road to Wigan Pier
d. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
List I
1. George Orwell
2. Truman Capote
3. Joan Didion
4. Tom Wolfe
List II
a. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
b. In Cold Blood
c. The Road to Wigan Pier
d. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• George Orwell is matched with The Road to Wigan Pier.
• Truman Capote is matched with In Cold Blood.
• Joan Didion is matched with Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
• Tom Wolfe is matched with The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d.
• Truman Capote is matched with In Cold Blood.
• Joan Didion is matched with Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
• Tom Wolfe is matched with The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Arrange the following works in chronological order of first book publication.
1. Down and Out in Paris and London
2. In Cold Blood
3. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
4. The Right Stuff
1. Down and Out in Paris and London
2. In Cold Blood
3. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
4. The Right Stuff
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Down and Out in Paris and London was published in 1933.
• In Cold Blood appeared in book form in 1966.
• Slouching Towards Bethlehem was published in 1968.
• The Right Stuff was published in 1979.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• In Cold Blood appeared in book form in 1966.
• Slouching Towards Bethlehem was published in 1968.
• The Right Stuff was published in 1979.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Literary journalism does not grant freedom to invent factual details.
• Its literary quality comes from narrative structure, style, scene and characterization based on reporting.
• Investigative journalism is correctly associated with sustained public-interest inquiry.
• Eyewitness accounts and feature writing are also correctly defined.
• Its literary quality comes from narrative structure, style, scene and characterization based on reporting.
• Investigative journalism is correctly associated with sustained public-interest inquiry.
• Eyewitness accounts and feature writing are also correctly defined.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A reporter witnesses a protest but can see only one section of a large crowd. Which practice is most responsible?
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Explanation:
• Eyewitness observation is valuable but limited by position, timing and perception.
• Responsible reporting distinguishes what the reporter directly saw from what other sources establish.
• Crowd size and events outside the reporter's view require corroboration.
• Transparency about limits strengthens rather than weakens credibility.
• Responsible reporting distinguishes what the reporter directly saw from what other sources establish.
• Crowd size and events outside the reporter's view require corroboration.
• Transparency about limits strengthens rather than weakens credibility.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Assertion: Narrative detail can strengthen literary reportage.
Reason: Concrete scenes and observed particulars can help readers understand the human significance of documented events.
Reason: Concrete scenes and observed particulars can help readers understand the human significance of documented events.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because narrative detail can make complex events vivid and intelligible.
• The Reason is correct because observed particulars connect general issues with lived experience.
• Such detail must be accurate, relevant and ethically obtained.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because observed particulars connect general issues with lived experience.
• Such detail must be accurate, relevant and ethically obtained.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which approach best resolves the tension between fact and narrative in literary journalism?
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Explanation:
• Literary journalism requires both factual discipline and narrative organization.
• A writer may select and arrange verified material to create coherence.
• Uncertain reconstruction should be avoided or transparently identified.
• Emotional power cannot ethically justify fabricated evidence.
• A writer may select and arrange verified material to create coherence.
• Uncertain reconstruction should be avoided or transparently identified.
• Emotional power cannot ethically justify fabricated evidence.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Consider the following principles of ethical journalism.
1. Verify information before publication.
2. Distinguish fact from opinion and inference.
3. Minimize unnecessary harm while serving the public interest.
4. Conceal significant conflicts of interest from readers.
1. Verify information before publication.
2. Distinguish fact from opinion and inference.
3. Minimize unnecessary harm while serving the public interest.
4. Conceal significant conflicts of interest from readers.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Principle 1 is correct because verification is fundamental to journalistic accuracy.
• Principle 2 is correct because readers should know whether a statement is documented, interpreted or inferred.
• Principle 3 is correct because ethical journalism considers foreseeable harm without abandoning legitimate public-interest reporting.
• Principle 4 is incorrect because significant conflicts should be disclosed.
• Therefore, principles 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Principle 2 is correct because readers should know whether a statement is documented, interpreted or inferred.
• Principle 3 is correct because ethical journalism considers foreseeable harm without abandoning legitimate public-interest reporting.
• Principle 4 is incorrect because significant conflicts should be disclosed.
• Therefore, principles 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
వివరణ:
Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement about Orwell, Capote, Didion and Wolfe is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Orwell combines observation with political and moral analysis.
• Capote uses novelistic structure to reconstruct a documented crime.
• Didion joins personal perspective with cultural diagnosis.
• Wolfe employs immersive reporting and conspicuously stylized narrative techniques.
• Together, they demonstrate varied relationships between fact, voice and literary form.
• Capote uses novelistic structure to reconstruct a documented crime.
• Didion joins personal perspective with cultural diagnosis.
• Wolfe employs immersive reporting and conspicuously stylized narrative techniques.
• Together, they demonstrate varied relationships between fact, voice and literary form.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. A prose form that prioritizes timely, verifiable information about events of public relevance సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Feature writing may develop context, character and descriptive detail beyond the immediate event. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Systematically uncovering concealed wrongdoing or matters of public interest సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Fact-based writing that uses narrative techniques such as scene, characterization and structure సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. George Orwell 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: D. Truman Capote సమాధానం: D.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: B. The murder of the Clutter family in Kansas సమాధానం: B.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. The work combines factual research with techniques associated with the novel. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. Slouching Towards Bethlehem సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. A controlled, precise style that exposes instability beneath social surfaces సమాధానం: B.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: C. Tom Wolfe సమాధానం: C.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: A. Scene-by-scene construction సమాధానం: A.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: D. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: D.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. The reporter uses transparent methods, verifies claims and fairly represents relevant evidence. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. Fabricating a quotation to improve a narrative scene సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: D. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. Literary journalism — freedom to invent factual details సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. State the limits of observation and corroborate wider claims with other reliable sources. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Shape verified material into a coherent narrative while clearly avoiding or disclosing uncertain reconstruction. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: B. Their works demonstrate different ways of combining reported reality with narrative voice, structure and cultural interpretation. సమాధానం: B.