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Vocabulary

past year questions, CUET English 2026 11 May Shift 1

Word Usage

past year questions, Vocabulary, CUET English 2026 11 May Shift 1

Easy

Select the appropriate word to replace the given group of words:

The study of the structure, historical development and a relationship of a language.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

Philology is the study of language structure, its historical development and its relationship with other languages. Philately is stamp collecting, petrology is the study of rocks, and phonetics deals only with speech sounds, not historical development. Only philology covers the full definition given.

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Fill in the blanks in the given sentences in List-I with the correct words given in List-II :-

LIST-ILIST-II
A. He narrated the incident to me _________.I. regularly
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C. I _____ go for a walk after dinner as it is good for health.III. fortunately
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Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate words from List-II:

List-IList-II
(Sentences)(Words)
(A) The word home often _______ warmth and security.(I) denotes
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2026: 19 May Shift 2

Choose the correct word from the given options to fill in the blank in the following sentence:

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

List-IList-II
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