Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
The crowd panicked on hearing a loud scream and ten people were ___ to death.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → trampled
Trample means to step heavily on someone or something and crush it. In a panicking crowd, people who fall are crushed under the feet of others, so they are "trampled to death".
Example: The flowers were trampled by the cattle.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: traipsed — Incorrect. Traipse means to walk slowly and wearily from place to place.
Example: We traipsed around the market all afternoon.
Option 3: traduced — Incorrect. Traduce means to say false and unkind things about someone in order to harm his or her name.
Example: The leader felt he had been traduced by the press.
Option 4: tousled — Incorrect. Tousle means to make something untidy, especially hair.
Example: The wind tousled her hair.
The following words have also been asked in other CUET (UG) English papers:
| Word | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trample | – | 15-05 S2 | – | 12-06 S2 | – |