Match the proverbs given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II:-
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List-I (Proverbs) |
List-II (Meanings) |
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(A) No pain, no gains |
(I) no single person can do anything |
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(B) One flower makes no garland |
(II) a bad experience makes you wary |
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(C) Birds of a feather flock together |
(III) without putting in effort, one doesn't achieve anything |
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(D) Once bitten, twice shy |
(IV) people with the same intentions stay together |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) No pain, no gains | (III) without putting in effort, one doesn't achieve anything | A proverb is a short, well-known saying that gives advice or states a general truth. This one says that success comes only through hard work: the "pain" is the effort, the "gains" are the results. | He practised for six hours a day. As his coach said, no pain, no gains. |
| (B) One flower makes no garland | (I) no single person can do anything | A garland needs many flowers. One flower alone cannot make it. In the same way, big tasks need many people working together. One person alone cannot achieve them. | The whole village had to help build the dam, for one flower makes no garland. |
| (C) Birds of a feather flock together | (IV) people with the same intentions stay together | Birds of the same kind fly in the same flock. The proverb means that people with similar tastes, interests or aims keep company with one another. | The three cricket lovers are always together. Birds of a feather flock together. |
| (D) Once bitten, twice shy | (II) a bad experience makes you wary | A person who has been bitten once is careful the next time. The proverb means that after a bad experience one becomes cautious about the same thing. | After losing money in one scheme, he would not invest again: once bitten, twice shy. |