Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate homophones given in List-II: | List-1 | List-II | | --- | --- | | (Sentences) | (Homophones) | | (A) Despite his initial success, Ajay became ________ and stopped putting in effort, which eventually led to his downfall. | (I) coarse | | (B) Vasudha's _________nature made her well-liked, as she was always willing to help others without hesitation. | (II) complacent | | (C) The _________ texture of the fabric made it uncomfortable to wear for a long duration. | (III) course | | (D) Anuja got enrolled in a challenging _________ in economics to prepare her future career in finance. | (IV) complaisant | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate homophones… - CUET UG 2025 English PYQ

CUET UG 2025 — English Vocabulary

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Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate homophones given in List-II:

List-1	List-II
(Sentences)	(Homophones)
(A) Despite his initial success, Ajay became ________ and stopped putting in effort, which eventually led to his downfall.	(I) coarse
(B) Vasudha's _________nature made her well-liked, as she was always willing to help others without hesitation.	(II) complacent
(C) The _________ texture of the fabric made it uncomfortable to wear for a long duration.	(III) course
(D) Anuja got enrolled in a challenging _________ in economics to prepare her future career in finance.	(IV) complaisant

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Held on 29 May 2025 · Verified 13 Jul 2026.

Options

A
(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
B
(A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
C
(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
D
(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

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Solution

(A) - (II) complacent → Self-satisfied person who stops making effort after initial success.

(B) - (IV) complaisant → Eager to please and willing to help others.

(D) - (III) course → A program or series of educational lessons.

Hence, Option 4: (A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III) → The homophones are correctly matched: "complacent" (self-satisfied) vs "complaisant" (eager to please), and "coarse" (rough texture) vs "course" (program of study). Each word fits its contextual meaning perfectly in the given sentences. → correct

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