Match the sentences in List-I with the sentences in List-II that use…

Match the sentences in List-I with the sentences in List-II that use the same figure of speech.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Sentences)
(A) After ten years in Toronto, my cousin came back to the village a familiar stranger.	(I) In the crowded local train, we stood packed together as tightly as matchsticks in a box.
(B) Our dhobi never takes a day off because, he says, his work is always pressing.	(II) Dadi accepted the award for her village school with a proud humility that made everyone smile.
(C) A tidy desk is often the surest sign that no studying has been done at it.	(III) Our new cook was fired after he burnt the dal three days in a row.
(D) The rumour spread through the colony’s WhatsApp group like ink on blotting paper.	(IV) Nothing tires a person out more than a long day of doing nothing.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) After ten years in Toronto, my cousin came back to the village a familiar stranger.	(II) Dadi accepted the award for her village school with a proud humility that made everyone smile.	Both sentences use an oxymoron, which puts two opposite words side by side. “Familiar” is set against “stranger”, and “proud” is set against “humility”.
(B) Our dhobi never takes a day off because, he says, his work is always pressing.	(III) Our new cook was fired after he burnt the dal three days in a row.	Both sentences use a pun, a play on a word that has two meanings. “Pressing” means both “urgent” and “ironing clothes”. “Fired” means both “sent out of a job” and “linked with fire”, which fits a cook who burns the dal.
(C) A tidy desk is often the surest sign that no studying has been done at it.	(IV) Nothing tires a person out more than a long day of doing nothing.	Both sentences are epigrams, short, clever sayings with a twist. A tidy desk should mean hard work, but it shows that no work was done. Doing nothing should rest a person, but it leaves a person tired.
(D) The rumour spread through the colony’s WhatsApp group like ink on blotting paper.	(I) In the crowded local train, we stood packed together as tightly as matchsticks in a box.	Both sentences use a simile, which compares two different things using “like” or “as”. The rumour spreads “like ink on blotting paper”. The passengers are packed “as tightly as matchsticks in a box”.

Match the sentences in List-I with the sentences in List-II that use the same figure of speech.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Sentences)
(A) After ten years in Toronto, my cousin came back to the village a familiar stranger.	(I) In the crowded local train, we stood packed together as tightly as matchsticks in a box.
(B) Our dhobi never takes a day off because, he says, his work is always pressing.	(II) Dadi accepted the award for her village school with a proud humility that made everyone smile.
(C) A tidy desk is often the surest sign that no studying has been done at it.	(III) Our new cook was fired after he burnt the dal three days in a row.
(D) The rumour spread through the colony’s WhatsApp group like ink on blotting paper.	(IV) Nothing tires a person out more than a long day of doing nothing.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) After ten years in Toronto, my cousin came back to the village a familiar stranger.	(II) Dadi accepted the award for her village school with a proud humility that made everyone smile.	Both sentences use an oxymoron, which puts two opposite words side by side. “Familiar” is set against “stranger”, and “proud” is set against “humility”.
(B) Our dhobi never takes a day off because, he says, his work is always pressing.	(III) Our new cook was fired after he burnt the dal three days in a row.	Both sentences use a pun, a play on a word that has two meanings. “Pressing” means both “urgent” and “ironing clothes”. “Fired” means both “sent out of a job” and “linked with fire”, which fits a cook who burns the dal.
(C) A tidy desk is often the surest sign that no studying has been done at it.	(IV) Nothing tires a person out more than a long day of doing nothing.	Both sentences are epigrams, short, clever sayings with a twist. A tidy desk should mean hard work, but it shows that no work was done. Doing nothing should rest a person, but it leaves a person tired.
(D) The rumour spread through the colony’s WhatsApp group like ink on blotting paper.	(I) In the crowded local train, we stood packed together as tightly as matchsticks in a box.	Both sentences use a simile, which compares two different things using “like” or “as”. The rumour spreads “like ink on blotting paper”. The passengers are packed “as tightly as matchsticks in a box”.