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) Rohit gave up a job in Dubai to look after his old parents, and the whole colony now calls him our Shravan Kumar.	(I) The exam lasts only three hours, but its fear lasts three months.
(B) Online, Tara has hundreds of followers, but offline, she has hardly a single friend.	(II) Ever since she found the missing attendance register, Kavya has been the Sherlock of our class.
(C) The old ferry crossed the river as slowly as a sleepy buffalo.	(III) O little phone, stay quiet until my board exams are over.
(D) Dear old bicycle, you carried me to school and back for six long years.	(IV) Her laughter spread through the hostel corridor like the smell of fresh pakoras.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Rohit gave up a job in Dubai to look after his old parents, and the whole colony now calls him our Shravan Kumar.	(II) Ever since she found the missing attendance register, Kavya has been the Sherlock of our class.	Both sentences use allusion, a short reference to a well-known person, story or event. Shravan Kumar is known for caring for his old parents. Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective who solves mysteries.
(B) Online, Tara has hundreds of followers, but offline, she has hardly a single friend.	(I) The exam lasts only three hours, but its fear lasts three months.	Both sentences use antithesis, in which two opposite ideas are placed side by side in a balanced way. “Hundreds of followers” online is set against “hardly a single friend” offline. “Three hours” is set against “three months”.
(C) The old ferry crossed the river as slowly as a sleepy buffalo.	(IV) Her laughter spread through the hostel corridor like the smell of fresh pakoras.	Both sentences use a simile, which compares two different things using “like” or “as”. The ferry is compared to “a sleepy buffalo”. The laughter is compared to “the smell of fresh pakoras”.
(D) Dear old bicycle, you carried me to school and back for six long years.	(III) O little phone, stay quiet until my board exams are over.	Both sentences use apostrophe, in which the speaker talks directly to a thing as if it can hear. One speaker talks to a bicycle, and the other talks to a phone.

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) Rohit gave up a job in Dubai to look after his old parents, and the whole colony now calls him our Shravan Kumar.	(I) The exam lasts only three hours, but its fear lasts three months.
(B) Online, Tara has hundreds of followers, but offline, she has hardly a single friend.	(II) Ever since she found the missing attendance register, Kavya has been the Sherlock of our class.
(C) The old ferry crossed the river as slowly as a sleepy buffalo.	(III) O little phone, stay quiet until my board exams are over.
(D) Dear old bicycle, you carried me to school and back for six long years.	(IV) Her laughter spread through the hostel corridor like the smell of fresh pakoras.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Rohit gave up a job in Dubai to look after his old parents, and the whole colony now calls him our Shravan Kumar.	(II) Ever since she found the missing attendance register, Kavya has been the Sherlock of our class.	Both sentences use allusion, a short reference to a well-known person, story or event. Shravan Kumar is known for caring for his old parents. Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective who solves mysteries.
(B) Online, Tara has hundreds of followers, but offline, she has hardly a single friend.	(I) The exam lasts only three hours, but its fear lasts three months.	Both sentences use antithesis, in which two opposite ideas are placed side by side in a balanced way. “Hundreds of followers” online is set against “hardly a single friend” offline. “Three hours” is set against “three months”.
(C) The old ferry crossed the river as slowly as a sleepy buffalo.	(IV) Her laughter spread through the hostel corridor like the smell of fresh pakoras.	Both sentences use a simile, which compares two different things using “like” or “as”. The ferry is compared to “a sleepy buffalo”. The laughter is compared to “the smell of fresh pakoras”.
(D) Dear old bicycle, you carried me to school and back for six long years.	(III) O little phone, stay quiet until my board exams are over.	Both sentences use apostrophe, in which the speaker talks directly to a thing as if it can hear. One speaker talks to a bicycle, and the other talks to a phone.