Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.L…

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) The doctor gently told Mr Rao that he was a little on the heavier side and should walk every evening.
(B) Euphemism	(II) The busiest people in our colony are often the only ones who find time to help.
(C) Anticlimax	(III) Stuck in a Gurugram traffic jam for three hours, Mohit muttered, “What a quick ride home.”
(D) Irony	(IV) In one year, Rahul won a state chess medal, cleared the civil services exam and, at last, learnt to boil an egg.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Paradox	(II) The busiest people in our colony are often the only ones who find time to help.	A paradox is a statement that seems to go against itself but still holds a truth. Busy people should have the least time to spare. Yet they are the ones who make time to help others.
(B) Euphemism	(I) The doctor gently told Mr Rao that he was a little on the heavier side and should walk every evening.	A euphemism is a soft, polite way of saying something unpleasant. “A little on the heavier side” is a gentle way of saying that Mr Rao is fat.
(C) Anticlimax	(IV) In one year, Rahul won a state chess medal, cleared the civil services exam and, at last, learnt to boil an egg.	In an anticlimax, ideas rise in importance and then suddenly drop to something small or silly. A chess medal and the civil services exam are big wins. “Learnt to boil an egg” is a sudden drop.
(D) Irony	(III) Stuck in a Gurugram traffic jam for three hours, Mohit muttered, “What a quick ride home.”	In irony, words say the opposite of what is meant. The ride took three hours, so “What a quick ride home” really means a very slow one.

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) The doctor gently told Mr Rao that he was a little on the heavier side and should walk every evening.
(B) Euphemism	(II) The busiest people in our colony are often the only ones who find time to help.
(C) Anticlimax	(III) Stuck in a Gurugram traffic jam for three hours, Mohit muttered, “What a quick ride home.”
(D) Irony	(IV) In one year, Rahul won a state chess medal, cleared the civil services exam and, at last, learnt to boil an egg.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Paradox	(II) The busiest people in our colony are often the only ones who find time to help.	A paradox is a statement that seems to go against itself but still holds a truth. Busy people should have the least time to spare. Yet they are the ones who make time to help others.
(B) Euphemism	(I) The doctor gently told Mr Rao that he was a little on the heavier side and should walk every evening.	A euphemism is a soft, polite way of saying something unpleasant. “A little on the heavier side” is a gentle way of saying that Mr Rao is fat.
(C) Anticlimax	(IV) In one year, Rahul won a state chess medal, cleared the civil services exam and, at last, learnt to boil an egg.	In an anticlimax, ideas rise in importance and then suddenly drop to something small or silly. A chess medal and the civil services exam are big wins. “Learnt to boil an egg” is a sudden drop.
(D) Irony	(III) Stuck in a Gurugram traffic jam for three hours, Mohit muttered, “What a quick ride home.”	In irony, words say the opposite of what is meant. The ride took three hours, so “What a quick ride home” really means a very slow one.