Vocabulary

Word Usage

Medium

Match the expressions given in List-I with the correct figures of speech mentioned in List-II:

List-I List-II
(Expressions) (Figures of Speech)
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.' (I) Alliteration
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans. (II) Metaphor
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king. (III) Personification
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks. It is east and Juliet is the sun. (IV) Simile

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

List-I	List-II
(Expressions)	(Figures of Speech)
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.'	(I) Alliteration
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans.	(II) Metaphor
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king.	(III) Personification
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks. It is east and Juliet is the sun.	(IV) Simile

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

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

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

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

✅ Correct Option: 3

(A) "How like a winter hath my absence been from thee." → Uses "like" to compare absence to winter → Simile (IV)

(B) "The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans." → Rain is given the human quality of being "indifferent" → Personification (III)

(C) "Crooks conspire with the crooked king." → Repetition of the "cr" sound at the beginning of consecutive words → Alliteration (I)

(D) "But soft what light through yonder window breaks. It is east and Juliet is the sun." → Direct comparison stating "Juliet is the sun" without using "like" or "as" → Metaphor (II)

Hence, Option 3: (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II) → This correctly matches simile with the "like" comparison, personification with human qualities given to rain, alliteration with consonant sound repetition, and metaphor with the direct comparison of Juliet to the sun → correct

2026: 25 May Shift 2

Choose the most appropriate word from List-I to fill in the blanks in List-II.

List-I (Word)	List-II (Correct Usage)
(A) conscious	(I) Government should be run by ________.
(B) conscience	(II) Being a __________ worker, he never shirks work.
(C) consensus	(III) I always act according to my _________.
(D) conscientious	(IV) We should always be _______ of what is going on around the world.

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2025: 20 May Shift 2

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the following sentence:

The ______ rumble of the thunder hinted at the approaching danger, filling the air with a sense of unease.

2023: 22 June Shift 1

Identify the pair of words which are not homonyms:-

A. Birth-Berth

B. Dew-Due

C. Ant-Aunt

D. Elicit-Illicit

E. Pair-Pear

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2025: 2 June Shift 1

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:**

Men who are always _____ about their poverty, never achieve success forget happiness.

2025: 14 May Shift 2

Complete the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II

List-I	List-II
Sentences	Words
(A) Ever since her grandfather has been hospitalised, the girl has come to visit him in the hospital every_____day.	(I) Adapt
(B) It took him some time to ________to the new environment after moving to a different country.	(II) Alternative
(C) The team has to find an_______approach to solving the problem.	(III) Adopt
(D) The organisation is expected to ______the new policy at its next meeting, to improve workplace diversity.	(IV) Alternate

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2025: 16 May Shift 1

Identify the most appropriate word to fill in the blank and form a meaningful sentence.

When the police questioned the witness, he was hesitant to _____ any information about the incident.

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