Match the sentences in List-I with the proverbs given in List-II:- Li…

Match the sentences in List-I with the proverbs given in List-II:-

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Proverbs)
(A) Sameer got up and started getting ready for work, not realising that he had retired.	(I) Procrastination is the thief of time.
(B) Aruna got her hair cut very badly at the local hairdresser and vowed never to go there again.	(II) Silence means consent
(C) It is better to complete your assignment today than to keep putting it off and spend time worrying about it.	(III) Once bitten, twice shy
(D) You should have denied the whole thing; now they will think you are guilty.	(IV) Old habits die hard

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) Sameer got up and started getting ready for work, not realising that he had retired.	(IV) Old habits die hard	A proverb is a short, well-known saying that states a general truth. Old habits die hard means that something done for many years is very difficult to stop. Sameer had gone to work every day for years, so even after retiring he got ready out of habit.	Grandfather still wakes at five every morning. Old habits die hard.
(B) Aruna got her hair cut very badly at the local hairdresser and vowed never to go there again.	(III) Once bitten, twice shy	Once bitten, twice shy means that a person who has been hurt once by something becomes careful to avoid it. Aruna's one bad haircut made her avoid that hairdresser for ever.	After losing money in one scheme, he refused to invest again. Once bitten, twice shy.
(C) It is better to complete your assignment today than to keep putting it off and spend time worrying about it.	(I) Procrastination is the thief of time.	Procrastination is putting off work again and again. The proverb means that delaying a task steals the time one could have used. The sentence advises against putting the assignment off.	He kept delaying his project till the last night. Procrastination is the thief of time.
(D) You should have denied the whole thing; now they will think you are guilty.	(II) Silence means consent	Silence means consent says that if you do not object, people take it that you agree. By not denying the charge, the person let others believe it was true.	No one opposed the plan at the meeting, so the chairman went ahead. Silence means consent.

Match the sentences in List-I with the proverbs given in List-II:-

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Proverbs)
(A) Sameer got up and started getting ready for work, not realising that he had retired.	(I) Procrastination is the thief of time.
(B) Aruna got her hair cut very badly at the local hairdresser and vowed never to go there again.	(II) Silence means consent
(C) It is better to complete your assignment today than to keep putting it off and spend time worrying about it.	(III) Once bitten, twice shy
(D) You should have denied the whole thing; now they will think you are guilty.	(IV) Old habits die hard

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) Sameer got up and started getting ready for work, not realising that he had retired.	(IV) Old habits die hard	A proverb is a short, well-known saying that states a general truth. Old habits die hard means that something done for many years is very difficult to stop. Sameer had gone to work every day for years, so even after retiring he got ready out of habit.	Grandfather still wakes at five every morning. Old habits die hard.
(B) Aruna got her hair cut very badly at the local hairdresser and vowed never to go there again.	(III) Once bitten, twice shy	Once bitten, twice shy means that a person who has been hurt once by something becomes careful to avoid it. Aruna's one bad haircut made her avoid that hairdresser for ever.	After losing money in one scheme, he refused to invest again. Once bitten, twice shy.
(C) It is better to complete your assignment today than to keep putting it off and spend time worrying about it.	(I) Procrastination is the thief of time.	Procrastination is putting off work again and again. The proverb means that delaying a task steals the time one could have used. The sentence advises against putting the assignment off.	He kept delaying his project till the last night. Procrastination is the thief of time.
(D) You should have denied the whole thing; now they will think you are guilty.	(II) Silence means consent	Silence means consent says that if you do not object, people take it that you agree. By not denying the charge, the person let others believe it was true.	No one opposed the plan at the meeting, so the chairman went ahead. Silence means consent.