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Match the proverbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II

LIST-I Proverb	LIST-II Meaning
A. A watched pot never boils	I. Indulging in angry actions which result in difficulties for yourself ought to be avoided.
B. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.	II. Time drags when something is eagerly awaited
C. There are none so blind as those who will not see.	III. Consequences of unwise actions and decisions have to be accepted.
D. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.	IV. Pointless to reason with a person who doesn't listen to sense

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) A watched pot never boils	(II) Time drags when something is eagerly awaited	If you stand staring at a pot, the water seems to take for ever to boil: waiting anxiously makes time pass slowly.	Stop checking the results page every minute. A watched pot never boils.
(B) As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.	(III) Consequences of unwise actions and decisions have to be accepted.	One has to sleep in the bed one has made, well or badly: one must live with the results of one's own choices.	You chose to skip the classes, and as you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
(C) There are none so blind as those who will not see.	(IV) Pointless to reason with a person who doesn't listen to sense	The worst blindness is refusing to accept the truth. Arguing with such a person is useless.	He still denies the facts. There are none so blind as those who will not see.
(D) Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.	(I) Indulging in angry actions which result in difficulties for yourself ought to be avoided.	Cutting off one's own nose to hurt one's face only harms oneself: do not act in anger in a way that hurts you more than anyone else.	Quitting the team because of one argument is to cut off your nose to spite your face.

Match the proverbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II

LIST-I Proverb	LIST-II Meaning
A. A watched pot never boils	I. Indulging in angry actions which result in difficulties for yourself ought to be avoided.
B. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.	II. Time drags when something is eagerly awaited
C. There are none so blind as those who will not see.	III. Consequences of unwise actions and decisions have to be accepted.
D. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.	IV. Pointless to reason with a person who doesn't listen to sense

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) A watched pot never boils	(II) Time drags when something is eagerly awaited	If you stand staring at a pot, the water seems to take for ever to boil: waiting anxiously makes time pass slowly.	Stop checking the results page every minute. A watched pot never boils.
(B) As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.	(III) Consequences of unwise actions and decisions have to be accepted.	One has to sleep in the bed one has made, well or badly: one must live with the results of one's own choices.	You chose to skip the classes, and as you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
(C) There are none so blind as those who will not see.	(IV) Pointless to reason with a person who doesn't listen to sense	The worst blindness is refusing to accept the truth. Arguing with such a person is useless.	He still denies the facts. There are none so blind as those who will not see.
(D) Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.	(I) Indulging in angry actions which result in difficulties for yourself ought to be avoided.	Cutting off one's own nose to hurt one's face only harms oneself: do not act in anger in a way that hurts you more than anyone else.	Quitting the team because of one argument is to cut off your nose to spite your face.