Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.
| List-I (Figures of speech) | List-II (Sentences) |
|---|---|
| (A) Epigram | (I) Who would not want a holiday in the middle of the exam season? |
| (B) Climax | (II) That winter, hunger walked from house to house in the drought-hit village. |
| (C) Rhetorical question | (III) The people who talk most about saving time are usually the ones who never have any. |
| (D) Personification | (IV) He came to the city with nothing, worked in a shop, opened a shop of his own and finally owned the whole market. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Epigram | (III) The people who talk most about saving time are usually the ones who never have any. | An epigram is a short, clever saying with a twist at the end. People who talk about saving time should have time to spare. The twist is that they never do. |
| (B) Climax | (IV) He came to the city with nothing, worked in a shop, opened a shop of his own and finally owned the whole market. | In a climax, ideas are arranged in rising order of importance. The man rises step by step, from nothing to owning the whole market. |
| (C) Rhetorical question | (I) Who would not want a holiday in the middle of the exam season? | A rhetorical question is asked for effect, not for an answer. Everyone would want such a holiday, so no reply is needed. |
| (D) Personification | (II) That winter, hunger walked from house to house in the drought-hit village. | Personification gives human actions or qualities to a thing or an idea. Hunger cannot walk, but here it moves from house to house like a person. |