CUET English 2025 2 June Shift 2 PYQs

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

List-I	List-II
Idiom	Meaning
(A) Off the top of one's head	(I) to pretend to agree with
(B) Take issue with	(II) to remain calm and sensible
(C) Pay lip service to	(III) without much thought about correctness
(D) Keep one's head	(IV) to disagree with

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Match the sentences in List-I with the proverbs given in List-II:

List-1	List-II
(Sentences)	(Proverbs)
(A) Sameer got up and started getting ready for work, not realising that he had retired.	(I) Procrastination is the thief of time.
(B) Aruna got her hair cut very badly at the local hairdresser and vowed never to go there again.	(II) Silence means consent
(C) It is better to complete your assignment today than to keep putting it off and spend time worrying about it.	(III) Once bitten, twice shy
(D) You should have denied the whole thing; now they will think you are guilty.	(IV) Old habits die hard

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Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate idioms from List-II:

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Idioms)
(A) We had to seek the intervention of his wife to ______ after he got into an altercation with the neighbours.	(I) chew the fat
(B) With so many apps launching every day, good mobile games have become ______. It's hard to find one that stands out.	(II) read the riot act
(C) After a long week at work, we planned to ______ with old friends and reminisce about good times over the weekend.	(III) pour oil on troubled waters
(D) The manager had to ______ to the team for their constant delay in submitting the reports warning them that it wouldn't be tolerated anymore.	(IV) a dime a dozen

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