Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.
| List-I (Figures of speech) | List-II (Sentences) |
|---|---|
| (A) Rhetorical question | (I) Inside the maze of counters at the land records office, Kishore was an Abhimanyu who knew the way in but not the way out. |
| (B) Hyperbole | (II) The principal’s note said politely that Varun’s maths marks showed some scope for improvement. |
| (C) Euphemism | (III) Who among us has not promised to start studying seriously from next Monday? |
| (D) Allusion | (IV) By the end of the board exams, Neeraj had chewed through enough pens to stock a stationery shop. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Rhetorical question | (III) Who among us has not promised to start studying seriously from next Monday? | A rhetorical question is asked for effect, not for an answer. Almost everyone has made this promise, so no reply is needed. |
| (B) Hyperbole | (IV) By the end of the board exams, Neeraj had chewed through enough pens to stock a stationery shop. | Hyperbole is a big exaggeration made for effect. No student chews that many pens in one exam season. The speaker only means that Neeraj was very nervous. |
| (C) Euphemism | (II) The principal’s note said politely that Varun’s maths marks showed some scope for improvement. | A euphemism is a soft, polite way of saying something unpleasant. “Scope for improvement” is a gentle way of saying that Varun’s maths marks are poor. |
| (D) Allusion | (I) Inside the maze of counters at the land records office, Kishore was an Abhimanyu who knew the way in but not the way out. | An allusion is a short reference to a well-known person, story or event. In the Mahabharata, Abhimanyu knew how to enter the chakravyuh but not how to come out of it. Kishore is just as trapped in the office. |