Match the Words given in List-I with their definitions given in List-II:-
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List-I (Words) |
List-II (Meanings) |
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(A) Soliloquy |
(I) a poem or song that expresses sad feelings, especially for someone who has died |
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(B) Epistolary |
(II) a short novel, especially a romantic novel that is considered to be badly written |
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(C) Elegy |
(III) a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts |
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(D) Novelette |
(IV) Written or expressed in the form of letters |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
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List-I (Words) |
List-II (Meanings) |
Explanation |
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(A) Soliloquy |
(III) a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts |
From Latin solus (alone) and loqui (to speak). A dramatic device revealing a character's inner thoughts. |
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(B) Epistolary |
(IV) Written or expressed in the form of letters |
Related to the word epistle (a letter). Often used to describe novels written entirely as a series of letters. |
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(C) Elegy |
(I) a poem or song that expresses sad feelings, especially for someone who has died |
A mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, often lamenting the death of a person. |
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(D) Novelette |
(II) a short novel, especially a romantic novel that is considered to be badly written |
A work of narrative prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a full novel. The derogatory meaning mentioned here is a secondary, informal usage. |