CUET English - Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate idioms from List-II: <br><br><br>Choose the correct answer from the options given below: | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English 2025 20 May Shift 2

Vocabulary

Medium

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

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

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

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

✅ Correct Option: 4

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3 June Shift 1

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:

31 May Shift 1

Match the Idioms given in List I with their meanings given in List II

List I	List II
Idioms	Meanings
(A) Build castles in the air	(I) To assume success too soon
(B) Count your chickens before they are hatched	(II) To be very careful in a sensitive situation
(C) Walk on eggshells	(III) To go against popular opinion
(D) Swim against the tide	(IV) To have unrealistic dreams

19 May Shift 1

Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom:

He nailed his colours to the mast by writing a newspaper article attacking government policy.

CUET English 2025 20 May Shift 2 PYQs