Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.
| List-I (Figures of speech) | List-II (Sentences) |
|---|---|
| (A) Paradox | (I) Before the election, the minister promised our town clean water, a new hospital, a university and a fresh coat of paint for the bus stand. |
| (B) Oxymoron | (II) Arun’s 99.8 percentile in the entrance test was no disappointment to his parents. |
| (C) Anticlimax | (III) Ishaan found that the fewer apps he kept on his phone, the more he got done in a day. |
| (D) Litotes | (IV) At just four feet ten inches, the new leg-spinner was a tiny giant on the cricket field. |
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) Paradox | (III) Ishaan found that the fewer apps he kept on his phone, the more he got done in a day. | A paradox is a statement that seems to go against itself but still holds a truth. Fewer apps sounds like less work done, yet it is true, because there is less to distract Ishaan. |
| (B) Oxymoron | (IV) At just four feet ten inches, the new leg-spinner was a tiny giant on the cricket field. | An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side. “Tiny” and “giant” are opposites. The bowler is small in size but a huge force in the game. |
| (C) Anticlimax | (I) Before the election, the minister promised our town clean water, a new hospital, a university and a fresh coat of paint for the bus stand. | An anticlimax rises in importance and then suddenly drops to something small or silly. The promises grow from clean water to a whole university and then fall to a coat of paint for a bus stand. |
| (D) Litotes | (II) Arun’s 99.8 percentile in the entrance test was no disappointment to his parents. | Litotes is an understatement that says something positive by putting “not” or “no” before its opposite. “No disappointment” means his parents were very pleased. |