CUET English - Choose the correct figure of speech used in the given sentence: A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tyred. | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English 2026 21st May Shift 2

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Pun

Irony

Hyperbole

Metonymy

✅ Correct Option: 1

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(B) Metaphor	(II) O Hamlet ! thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
(C) Imagery	(III) The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
(D) Hyperbole	(IV) The camel is the ship of the desert.

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	LIST-I (Figures of speech.)		LIST-II (Expressions)
A.	Personification	I.	"The child was a hurricane of emotions."
B.	Oxymoron	II.	"O Death! Where is thy sting?"
C.	Metaphor	III.	"Death lays its icy hands on Kings."
D.	Apostrophe	IV.	"Parting is such a sweet sorrow"

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CUET English 2026 21st May Shift 2 PYQs