CUET English 2025 30 May Shift 1 PYQs

Match the idioms given in List-I with the meanings given in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Idioms)	(Meanings)
(A) Gift of the gab	(I) To be in someone's favour
(B) Order of the day	(II) The prevailing trend or necessity
(C) In good books	(III) To fight fiercely and determinedly
(D) Tooth and nail	(IV) To possess the ability to speak fluently and persuasively

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Select the best option to fill in the blank with the correct phrase:

The decision to postpone the meeting was taken _______ the heavy rain forecast.

Match the idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Idioms)	(Meanings)
(A) get into the swing of things	(I) follow the wrong course of action
(B) bark up the wrong tree	(II) to fit into the rhythm of things
(C) build something on sand	(III) expose someone's deceitful or illegal schemes
(D) blow the whistle on someone	(IV) to try to establish something without enough support

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