CUET English - Which idiom best describes the postmaster's feelings towards the city? | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English 2025 16 May Shift 1

Vocabulary

Medium

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

✅ Correct Option: 2,4

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29 May Shift 1

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List-1	List-II
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(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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14 May Shift 2

Match the proverbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II

List-I	List-II
(Proverbs)	(Meanings)
(A) Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies	(I) One must never try to harm someone in such a way that it harms themselves.
(B) Fools rush in where angels fear to tread	(II) In a desperate situation, a person grabs at the slightest possibility of assistance, even if it proves futile
(C) Don't cut off your nose to spite your face	(III) Serious situations require serious action
(D) A drowning man will clutch at a straw	(IV) People with little experience often act recklessly.

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CUET English 2025 16 May Shift 1 PYQs