CUET English 2025 15 May Shift 2 PYQs

Match the figures of speech in List-I with their definitions in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Figures of speech)	(Definitions)
(A) Metaphor	(I) Giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas.
(B) Personification	(II) A phrase that combines contradictory or opposite words.
(C) Hyperbole	(III) An imaginative comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as."
(D) Oxymoron	(IV) An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
2. (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
3. (A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)
4. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Rearrange the following parts in the correct sequence to form a meaningful sentence:-

(A) skills like adaptability and emotional intelligence

(B) with the workforce demographics changing

(C) will be increasingly determined by

(D) each year, leadership effectiveness

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Rearrange the following parts to form a meaningful sentence:-

(A) Erno Rubik, who first created his twisty mechanical

(B) of three dimensional movements

(C) puzzle to teach his students the concepts

(D) the 'Rubik' in Rubik's Cube is a Hungarian professor of architecture

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

1. (A), (D), (B), (C)
2. (A), (C), (B), (D)
3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
4. (D), (A), (C), (B)