Read the given sentences carefully. Choose the grammatically correct options: (A) The new company policy was met with tepidly enthusiasm by the employees, who is concerned about its impact on their workload. (B) The humanities' professor was rather surprised to discover that undergraduate engineering students did not know how to use figurative language properly. (C) Upon carefully examination by the defense, it was discovered that their were several inconsistencies in the testimony given by the accused. (D) The new employee, who had recently graduated from university, naively assumed that she would be able to get a leave on her second day at work. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Question

Option 1: (A), (B) and (D) only

Option 2: (A), (B) and (C) only

Option 3: (A) and (C) only

Option 4: (B) and (D) only

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The answer is '(B) and (D) only'. View full solution:

List-I	List-II
(Figures of Speech)	(Statements)
(A) Simile	(I) The loud silence of the forest seemed to envelop the world in a cloak of quiet.
(B) Oxymoron	(II) When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads
(C) Metaphor	(III) Then, as the sun went down, it seemed to drag the whole sky with it like shreds of a burning curtain.
(D) Personification	(IV) The carpet of snow relieved the drabness of the depressing building.

CUET English 2026 18th May Shift 1 PYQs

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