Which of the following sentences contains a pun?

The correct answer is Option (2) → After Makar Sankranti, Pintu proudly told us that his kite business had really taken off.

Pun:

• A pun is a play on a word that has two meanings (or two words that sound alike).
• “Taken off” has two meanings here. A kite takes off when it rises into the air. A business takes off when it suddenly becomes successful. Both meanings fit Pintu’s kite business.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: My elder brother’s room is a jungle of wires, chargers and old headphones. — Incorrect. This sentence uses a metaphor, which says that one thing is another without “like” or “as”. The room is called “a jungle of wires”.

Option 3: The loudest boy in our class won the prize for the best ‘Keep Silence’ poster. — Incorrect. This sentence uses irony, in which the opposite of what we expect happens. The loudest boy wins a prize for a poster about keeping silent.

Option 4: The old mango tree watched sadly as our train left the village. — Incorrect. This sentence uses personification, which gives human qualities or actions to a thing. A tree cannot “watch sadly” like a person.