CUET English - Match the sentences in List-I with the suitable proverbs given in List-II: | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Sentences) | (Proverbs) | | (A) Anil invested in high risk ventures and suffered major losses when some of them failed. | (I) He who pays the piper calls the tune | | (B) Anuj is convinced that he will top the exam and has already planned a celebration, though there are a few brilliant students who stand a fair chance at topping. | (II) You cannot make bricks without straw. | | (C) Mr. Srinivasan is funding the entire project of the over-bridge, and he has asked to see the detailed plans for it, which seems reasonable. | (III) If you play with fire, you get burnt | | (D) Advising these poverty-stricken mothers to eat a nutritious diet is unfair as all their money goes into feeding and clothing their children. | (IV) There's many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip | Choose the correct answer from the options given below: | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English 2025 3 June Shift 1

Vocabulary

Medium

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

(A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

✅ Correct Option: 4

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3 June Shift 2

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Idioms)
(A) The police came to the scene ______ to avoid embarrassment.	(I) from hand to mouth
(B) There is still a large population in the country who live ______ and can hardly make ends meet.	(II) smell a rat
(C) Rohit is a bit ______, you have to explain things to him several times.	(III) in the nick of time
(D) Although Ajay clarified his stand, I still ______ in his behaviour.	(IV) slow on the uptake

23 May Shift 2

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

List-1	List-II
(Idioms)	(Meanings)
(A) Packed like sardines	(I) an attempt to damage someone's reputation
(B) Make oneself scarce	(II) crowded very close together
(C) A smear campaign	(III) something said by mistake
(D) A slip of the tongue	(IV) to run away or stay away

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

3 June Shift 2

Choose the most appropriate word/phrase to fill in the blank in the following sentence:

A ______ means a foolish and futile act of finding something.

CUET English 2025 3 June Shift 1 PYQs