CUET 2025 June 2 English Question Paper (Available)- Download Answer Key and Solution PDF

Question 1:

Choose the word that best fits the blank in the sentence below:
"Despite his remarks, the audience found his ideas intriguing and thought-provoking."

• (1) laudatory
• (2) derisive
• (3) euphemistic
• (4) succinct

Identify the grammatically correct sentence:

• (1) Neither the professor nor the students was able to attend the lecture.
• (2) Neither the professor nor the students were able to attend the lecture.
• (3) Neither the professor or the students was able to attend the lecture.
• (4) Neither the professor nor the students is able to attend the lecture.

What literary device is used in the line: "The silence was so loud, it echoed in her chest"?

• (1) Metonymy
• (2) Oxymoron
• (3) Hyperbole
• (4) Synecdoche

Choose the word closest in meaning to "inscrutable":

• (1) Transparent
• (2) Mysterious
• (3) Predictable
• (4) Eloquent

The professor's explanation was so esoteric that even graduate students struggled to understand it.
What is the meaning of "esoteric" in this context?

• (1) Easily understandable
• (2) Popular and widely accepted
• (3) Intended for or likely to be understood by a small, specialized group
• (4) Outdated or irrelevant

Identify the sentence with the correct modifier placement:

• (1) Running down the street, my backpack fell off.
• (2) I almost saw 30 birds in the sky.
• (3) She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates.
• (4) Exhausted after the meeting, the report was finally written by Ravi.

Identify the literary device in the sentence: "Time crawled as she waited for the results."

• (1) Simile
• (2) Metaphor
• (3) Personification
• (4) Irony

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to "superfluous":

• (1) Excessive
• (2) Redundant
• (3) Necessary
• (4) Decorative

Rearrange the parts to form a coherent sentence:

A) is no longer a privilege
B) that only the elite enjoy
C) quality education
D) in the modern world

• (A) C-D-A-B
• (B) D-A-C-B
• (C) A-C-D-B
• (D) C-A-B-D

Rearrange the parts to form a coherent sentence:

A) when it is no longer fun.
B) stop doing something
C) if you're not growing
D) or learning from it

• (A) B-A-C-D
• (B) C-D-B-A
• (C) A-B-C-D
• (D) B-C-D-A

Although the scientist was initially met with skepticism, her theory was eventually the cornerstone of modern physics and became a _______.

• (A) repudiated
• (B) validated
• (C) circumvented
• (D) contradicted

Had he _____ the importance of the meeting, he would have made sure to attend.

• (A) known
• (B) knew
• (C) knows
• (D) knowing

The company's profits dropped significantly this quarter; _____, it plans to expand into three new markets.

• (A) consequently
• (B) meanwhile
• (C) nevertheless
• (D) similarly

Her autobiography is filled with _____ reflections on failure, giving readers a rare glimpse into her vulnerabilities.

• (A) superficial
• (B) candid
• (C) deceptive
• (D) indifferent