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)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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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 | A soliloquy is a dramatic device: a character, alone on stage, speaks his or her thoughts aloud so that the audience learns what the character really feels or plans. The word comes from Latin "solus" (alone) and "loqui" (to speak), which is the definition in List-II (III). | In his soliloquy, Macbeth reveals his doubts about killing the king. |
| (B) Epistolary | (IV) Written or expressed in the form of letters | Epistolary describes writing in the form of letters ("epistle" means letter). An epistolary novel tells its story through letters exchanged between characters, so the reader follows events through what they write to each other. This matches List-II (IV). | The story unfolds through letters between two friends in this epistolary novel. |
| (C) Elegy | (I) a poem or song that expresses sad feelings, especially for someone who has died | An elegy is a poem of mourning: the poet grieves for someone who has died, praises the dead person and often ends with some comfort. This sad, reflective poem for the dead is List-II (I). | Gray's famous elegy mourns the poor villagers buried in a country churchyard. |
| (D) Novelette | (II) a short novel, especially a romantic novel that is considered to be badly written | A novelette is a work of fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. The word is often used for light, sentimental romances of little literary value, which is the sense in List-II (II). | She finished the cheap romantic novelette during the train journey. |