BA First Year (Sem 1 & 2) English (Compulsory) – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to 'benevolent'.
Chapter 2: Vocabulary Building: Synonyms, Antonyms and Word Formation
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Answer: C. Malevolent
'Benevolent' means wishing good to others; 'malevolent' means wishing harm, so it is the antonym.In the sentence 'The old man walked slowly', what part of speech is 'slowly'?
Chapter 3: Parts of Speech
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Answer: A. Adverb
'Slowly' tells us how he walked, so it modifies the verb 'walked' and is an adverb.Which of these words takes the article 'an' before it?
Chapter 4: Articles and Prepositions
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Answer: D. hour
'Hour' begins with a vowel sound (the h is silent), so we say 'an hour'; the others begin with a consonant sound (yu-, wun-).Name the tense of the verb in: 'She has been living in Pune since 2015.'
Chapter 5: Tenses
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Answer: C. Present perfect continuous
'has/have been + verb-ing' (with since/for) is the present perfect continuous: an action that began in the past and is still going on.Choose the correct passive voice of: 'The farmer ploughed the field.'
Chapter 7: Active and Passive Voice
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Answer: A. The field was ploughed by the farmer.
Simple past active becomes was/were + past participle in the passive, and the object 'the field' becomes the subject.Choose the correct indirect speech of: He said, "I bought a new pen yesterday."
Chapter 10: Direct and Indirect Speech
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Answer: B. He said that he had bought a new pen the day before.
With a past reporting verb, simple past changes to past perfect, 'I' changes to 'he', and 'yesterday' changes to 'the day before'.One word for 'a person who can speak two languages' is:
Chapter 11: Idioms, Phrasal Verbs and One-Word Substitution
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Answer: D. Bilingual
'Bi-' means two, so a bilingual speaks two languages; a polyglot speaks many, and a linguist studies language.What does the idiom 'to burn the midnight oil' mean?
Chapter 11: Idioms, Phrasal Verbs and One-Word Substitution
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Answer: B. To work or study late into the night
The idiom comes from working by lamplight at night; it means working or studying till late at night.A formal letter that begins with 'Dear Sir/Madam' should normally end with:
Chapter 15: Letter Writing
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Answer: B. Yours faithfully
When the receiver's name is not used ('Dear Sir/Madam'), the standard formal closing is 'Yours faithfully'.In an e-mail, the addresses typed in which field are hidden from the other receivers?
Chapter 16: E-mail Writing
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Answer: C. BCC
BCC means 'blind carbon copy': people in BCC get the mail, but others cannot see their addresses.
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