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Question 01
Biruduraju Ramaraju discovered and researched old Telugu works. Match the writers (List I) with the works (List II): 1. — 1. Padma Puranam 2. — 2. Jambavati Parinayam 3. — 3. Usha Ragodhayam 4. — 4. Panditharadhya Charitra Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1. Option A: P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-4
2. Option B: P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
3. Option C: P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1
4. Option D: P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1
Answer and explanation
Answer: D. P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1
**Kakatiya Prataparudra** is credited with **Usha Ragodhayam**, **Sri Krishna Devaraya** with **Jambavati Parinayam**, **Palkuriki Somanatha** with **Panditharadhya Charitra** and **Madiki Singanna** with **Padma Puranam**, so the code is P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1. **Padma Puranam** is the work of **Madiki Singanna**, a firm anchor that eliminates the codes that give him another title.
Question 02
Shoyabullah Khan, the editor of Imroze, had initially worked in which Urdu weekly?
1. Option A: Payam
2. Option B: Meezan
3. Option C: Rahbar-e-Deccan
4. Option D: Rayyat
Answer and explanation
Answer: D. Rayyat
**Why D is correct.** **Shoyabullah Khan** first worked in **Rayyat**, the Urdu weekly edited by **Mandamula Narsingh Rao**, before starting **Imroze**. **Why A is incorrect.** **Payam** was an Urdu daily founded by **Khaji Abdul Gaffar**. **Why B is incorrect.** **Meezan** was a trilingual paper of **1944** founded by Gulam Mohammed. **Why C is incorrect.** **Rahbar-e-Deccan** was supported by the **MIM**.
Question 03
Consider the following statements regarding the Nilgiri newspaper (1922): 1. It is regarded as the first political weekly in Telangana. 2. Its editor was Suravaram Pratap Reddy. 3. Its editor also established a library named Samskarini and wrote the poem 'Balika Vilapam'. How many of the statements given above are correct?
1. Option A: Only one
2. Option B: Only two
3. Option C: None
4. Option D: All three
Answer and explanation
Answer: B. Only two
**Statement 1 is correct.** It was the **first political weekly in Telangana**. **Statement 2 is incorrect.** Its editor was **Shabnavisu Venkatarama Narasimha Rao**; Suravaram is not recorded as its editor. **Statement 3 is correct.** The editor founded the **Samskarini** library, printed many books and wrote **Balika Vilapam**.
Question 04
Who is regarded as the Father of the Library Movement in Telangana?
1. Option A: Komarraju Laxmana Rao
2. Option B: Suravaram Pratap Reddy
3. Option C: Raavi Chettu Ranga Rao
4. Option D: Kodati Narayana Rao
Answer and explanation
Answer: A. Komarraju Laxmana Rao
**Why A is correct.** **Komarraju Laxmana Rao** started the movement by founding the **first library of the movement in 1901** and went on to set up several more, which is why he is called its **father**. **Why B is incorrect.** Suravaram called the library movement Telangana's **first movement** and later served the **Reddy Hostel library** as secretary, but he is not regarded as its father. **Why C is incorrect.** **Raavi Chettu Ranga Rao** only lent his own house for the first library; the founder of the movement was someone else. **Why D is incorrect.** **Kodati Narayana Rao** was an important worker in the movement and described it in his autobiography, but he is not its father.
Question 05
The first Daasarathi Krishnamacharya Award was given by the Telangana Government to:
1. Option A: Bunna Ilaiah
2. Option B: Tirumala Srinivasa Charyulu
3. Option C: Palla Durgaiah
4. Option D: C. Narayana Reddy
Answer and explanation
Answer: B. Tirumala Srinivasa Charyulu
**Why B is correct.** **Tirumala Srinivasa Charyulu** of **Karimnagar** received the **first Daasarathi Krishnamacharya Award** from the **Telangana Government**. **Why A is incorrect.** He is a **researcher and story writer**, not the first recipient of this award. **Why C is incorrect.** He is remembered for **Gangiredhu** and **Palavelli**. **Why D is incorrect.** He is a leading modern poet of Karimnagar but not the first recipient of this award.

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