Figures of Speech CAT PYQs , 4 Questions with Solutions

Master Figures of Speech for CAT 2026 with practice questions and detailed explanations

CAT 2025

Weightage Over Past Years

YearQ.NODifficulty Level
20231Medium
20221Medium
20192Medium

CAT 2023 Figures of Speech questions

Question 1

Slot-1

The speaker describes their overwhelming workload as a ________ drowning them in tasks.

Rushing river

Sparkling fountain

Gentle breeze

Heavy stone

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CAT 2022 Figures of Speech questions

Question 1

Slot-1

Which type of figurative language has been used in the sentence given below: The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

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CAT 2019 Figures of Speech questions

Question 1

Slot-1

Identify the correct figure of speech. I must have called out to you a thousand times.

simile

repetition

hyperbole

oxymoron

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Question 2

Slot-1

Identify the correct figure of speech. Neeta needed new notebooks.

Alliteration

Onomatopia

Assonance

Paradox

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Practice all 20 Figures of Speech questionsFree, with worked solutions, beyond the previous year papers on this page.

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