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Q1:

2 July Shift 3

Easy

Q1:

About a sculptor who fell in love with a dancer.

The powerful experience of encountering another person through art.

About record keeping at a government office.

Its about a child who preferred household work to playing.

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

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Q2:

2 July Shift 3

Easy

Q2:

Stirring the meat and the crushed asafoetida in the bitter gourd

sowing grains in the soil

Washing the walls

scrubbing the floors

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

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Q3:

2 July Shift 3

Medium

Q3:

A only

B only

A and D only

C and D only

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

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Q4:

2 July Shift 3

Easy

Q4:

Memory of a supposedly unimportant person

A civilization

Some records of soldiers

Bitter gourd stirred with meat and crushed asafoetida

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q5:

2 July Shift 3

Easy

Q5:

The poet is grateful that the servant girl was cast in bronze

The poet is grateful for having encountered a relic from the past

The poet is grateful that the servant girl smiled at the sculptor while he was casting her

The poet is grateful that the sculptor polished the ache off the servant girl's fingers

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

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Q6:

23 June Shift 2

Easy

Q6:

Cobbled steps and concrete steps

Water buffaloes and Crocodiles

Cows named Gopi and Brinda

Crocodiles and water buffaloes

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

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Q7:

23 June Shift 2

Easy

Q7:

The poet

Gopi

Brinda

A person from the village

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q8:

23 June Shift 2

Easy

Q8:

there is no drainage system in the city

old and in need of repair

freshly repaired

in a good condition

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

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Q9:

23 June Shift 2

Easy

Q9:

A temple

A flooded river

Three village houses

Madurai

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q10:

23 June Shift 2

Medium

Q10:

(A) only

(A) and (B) only

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q11:

11 June Shift 1

Easy

Q11:

Winter

Autumn

Rainy

Summer

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q12:

11 June Shift 1

Easy

Q12:

dirtying the backyard

cleaning the backyard

looking at the backyard

designing the backyard

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q13:

11 June Shift 1

Medium

Q13:

abcc

aabc

acbd

acab

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q14:

11 June Shift 1

Easy

Q14:

Summer

Winter

Autumn

Spring

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q15:

7 June Shift 1

Medium

Q15:

Sombre and heavy

Cheerful

Celebratory

Sad and dark

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q16:

7 June Shift 1

Easy

Q16:

Welcoming the stranger into the house

Reflecting on his decision

Celebrating the marriage with his bride

Praying for the stranger

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q17:

7 June Shift 1

Easy

Q17:

Inquisitive

Pleading

Sparkling

Lonely

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q18:

7 June Shift 1

Hard

Q18:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q19:

1 June Shift 3

Easy

Q19:

reap vegetables and fruits trees

get flowers and a garden

strengthen her arms and own a farm

grow apples

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q20:

1 June Shift 3

Easy

Q20:

a village

a corner

the garden

a Church

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q21:

1 June Shift 3

Easy

Q21:

it is heavy

it is difficult to push

it is not a nice load

she wants to play

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q22:

1 June Shift 3

Easy

Q22:

make use of her free time

make her father happy

play in the garden

plant, tend and reap

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q23:

1 June Shift 1

Easy

Q23:

happy

melancholic

optimistic

patriotic

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q24:

1 June Shift 1

Easy

Q24:

travellers

Cuckoo-bird

The Solitary Reaper

Nightingale

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q25:

30 May Shift 3

Easy

Q25:

desperate to miss school

genuinely unwell

an obstinate and headstrong child

a neglected child

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q26:

30 May Shift 3

Medium

Q26:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q27:

30 May Shift 3

Easy

Q27:

Blue

Purple

Silver

Green

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q28:

30 May Shift 3

Easy

Q28:

satirical

humorous

melancholic

serious

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q29:

30 May Shift 1

Easy

Q29:

but little thought

waves in glee

jocund company

pensive mood

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q30:

30 May Shift 1

Easy

Q30:

looking at the waves beside him

recalling the beauty of dancing daffodils

taking a walk besides the sea

drowning into fits of solitude

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q31:

30 May Shift 1

Easy

Q31:

Man teaches Nature brilliantly

Nature is a part of materialistic life

Nature offers healing and happiness

Man should not follow Nature

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q32:

30 May Shift 1

Medium

Q32:

jocund and blissful

sparkling and solitary

gleeful and pensive

vacant and pleasant

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

CUET English Verbal Ability > Poem PYQs

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CUET English

Q1:

2 July Shift 3

Easy

Q1:

About a sculptor who fell in love with a dancer.

The powerful experience of encountering another person through art.

About record keeping at a government office.

Its about a child who preferred household work to playing.

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q2:

2 July Shift 3

Easy

Q2:

Stirring the meat and the crushed asafoetida in the bitter gourd

sowing grains in the soil

Washing the walls

scrubbing the floors

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q3:

2 July Shift 3

Medium

Q3:

A only

B only

A and D only

C and D only

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q4:

2 July Shift 3

Easy

Q4:

Memory of a supposedly unimportant person

A civilization

Some records of soldiers

Bitter gourd stirred with meat and crushed asafoetida

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q5:

2 July Shift 3

Easy

Q5:

The poet is grateful that the servant girl was cast in bronze

The poet is grateful for having encountered a relic from the past

The poet is grateful that the servant girl smiled at the sculptor while he was casting her

The poet is grateful that the sculptor polished the ache off the servant girl's fingers

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q6:

23 June Shift 2

Easy

Q6:

Cobbled steps and concrete steps

Water buffaloes and Crocodiles

Cows named Gopi and Brinda

Crocodiles and water buffaloes

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q7:

23 June Shift 2

Easy

Q7:

The poet

Gopi

Brinda

A person from the village

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q8:

23 June Shift 2

Easy

Q8:

there is no drainage system in the city

old and in need of repair

freshly repaired

in a good condition

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q9:

23 June Shift 2

Easy

Q9:

A temple

A flooded river

Three village houses

Madurai

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q10:

23 June Shift 2

Medium

Q10:

(A) only

(A) and (B) only

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q11:

11 June Shift 1

Easy

Q11:

Winter

Autumn

Rainy

Summer

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q12:

11 June Shift 1

Easy

Q12:

dirtying the backyard

cleaning the backyard

looking at the backyard

designing the backyard

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q13:

11 June Shift 1

Medium

Q13:

abcc

aabc

acbd

acab

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q14:

11 June Shift 1

Easy

Q14:

Summer

Winter

Autumn

Spring

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q15:

7 June Shift 1

Medium

Q15:

Sombre and heavy

Cheerful

Celebratory

Sad and dark

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q16:

7 June Shift 1

Easy

Q16:

Welcoming the stranger into the house

Reflecting on his decision

Celebrating the marriage with his bride

Praying for the stranger

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q17:

7 June Shift 1

Easy

Q17:

Inquisitive

Pleading

Sparkling

Lonely

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q18:

7 June Shift 1

Hard

Q18:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q19:

1 June Shift 3

Easy

Q19:

reap vegetables and fruits trees

get flowers and a garden

strengthen her arms and own a farm

grow apples

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q20:

1 June Shift 3

Easy

Q20:

a village

a corner

the garden

a Church

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q21:

1 June Shift 3

Easy

Q21:

it is heavy

it is difficult to push

it is not a nice load

she wants to play

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q22:

1 June Shift 3

Easy

Q22:

make use of her free time

make her father happy

play in the garden

plant, tend and reap

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q23:

1 June Shift 1

Easy

Q23:

happy

melancholic

optimistic

patriotic

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q24:

1 June Shift 1

Easy

Q24:

travellers

Cuckoo-bird

The Solitary Reaper

Nightingale

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q25:

30 May Shift 3

Easy

Q25:

desperate to miss school

genuinely unwell

an obstinate and headstrong child

a neglected child

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q26:

30 May Shift 3

Medium

Q26:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q27:

30 May Shift 3

Easy

Q27:

Blue

Purple

Silver

Green

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q28:

30 May Shift 3

Easy

Q28:

satirical

humorous

melancholic

serious

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q29:

30 May Shift 1

Easy

Q29:

but little thought

waves in glee

jocund company

pensive mood

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q30:

30 May Shift 1

Easy

Q30:

looking at the waves beside him

recalling the beauty of dancing daffodils

taking a walk besides the sea

drowning into fits of solitude

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q31:

30 May Shift 1

Easy

Q31:

Man teaches Nature brilliantly

Nature is a part of materialistic life

Nature offers healing and happiness

Man should not follow Nature

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q32:

30 May Shift 1

Medium

Q32:

jocund and blissful

sparkling and solitary

gleeful and pensive

vacant and pleasant

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →