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BA First Year (Sem 1 & 2) English (Compulsory) – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)

📅 26 October 2026 · 10 questions · based on the Maharashtra university syllabus

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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-).

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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'.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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'.

  10. 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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