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CUET English 2026 PYQs21 May Shift 1. Free, no login required.

Vocabulary

past year questions, CUET English 2026 21 May Shift 1

Word Usage

past year questions, Vocabulary, CUET English 2026 21 May Shift 1

Easy

Choose the correct word which can substitute the following words:

A person who is in his/her eighties.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

An octogenarian is a person aged between 80 and 89. Septuagenarian refers to the seventies, quinquagenarian to the fifties, and nonagenarian to the nineties. Hence option 4 is correct.

Note: The option is printed as 'Octagenarian'; the standard spelling is 'Octogenarian'. We have treated it as the intended answer.

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Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below:

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

List-I
(Figures of Speech)		List-II
(Meanings)
(A) Alliteration(I) A phrase that combines contradictory words
(B) Onomatopoeia(II) A contrast between what is said and what is meant
(C) Oxymoron(III) repetition of initial consonant sound in close succession
(D) Irony(IV) Words that imitate natural sounds

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From the given options, select the one that rightly substitutes the given expression.

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2025: 3 June Shift 2

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate adjectives given in List-II:

List-IList-II
(Sentences)(Adjectives)
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2026: 22 May Shift 2

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

List-I: SentencesList-II: Words
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Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2025: 26 May Shift 1

Fill in the blank in the given sentence with the correct word from the options given below:

He is guilty of _____ as he has killed his brother.

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  2. Matricide
  3. Patricide
  4. Infanticide

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