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Today (November 03, 2025) Daily MCQs: 60 questions — Showing page 1 of 6
Q1. After much confrontation they gave _______.
Correct Option:
A [ in ]
Explanation: ✅ Rule ✍️
Give in is a phrasal verb.
It means to yield, surrender, or stop resisting after opposition.
Pattern: give in (to + noun/pronoun)
📖 Explanation 📚
When people argue, resist, or confront, and finally stop resisting, we say they give in.
If we add to, it shows whom or what they surrendered to.
Give in is a phrasal verb.
It means to yield, surrender, or stop resisting after opposition.
Pattern: give in (to + noun/pronoun)
📖 Explanation 📚
When people argue, resist, or confront, and finally stop resisting, we say they give in.
If we add to, it shows whom or what they surrendered to.
Q2. These three men quarreled _______ themselves.
Correct Option:
A [ among ]
Explanation: ✅ Rule ✍️
Among is used when talking about a group (more than two).
Between is usually used for two, though sometimes it can be used for more when things are seen individually.
Pattern: quarrel among + plural noun/pronoun
📖 Explanation 📚
Quarreled among themselves means they fought/disagreed with each other inside the group.
It emphasizes that the fight happened within the three men, not with outsiders.
Among is used when talking about a group (more than two).
Between is usually used for two, though sometimes it can be used for more when things are seen individually.
Pattern: quarrel among + plural noun/pronoun
📖 Explanation 📚
Quarreled among themselves means they fought/disagreed with each other inside the group.
It emphasizes that the fight happened within the three men, not with outsiders.
Q3. I left my bedding ________ the station.
Correct Option:
B [ at ]
Explanation: ✅ Rule ✍️
We use at to refer to a specific point or location (like a station, school, bus stop, airport).
In is used when you’re inside something (in the station building), but at is the standard preposition when simply referring to the place as a point.
📖 Explanation 📚
At the station = location point where something happened.
If you say in the station, it means inside the building or platform area. For general reference, at is correct.
We use at to refer to a specific point or location (like a station, school, bus stop, airport).
In is used when you’re inside something (in the station building), but at is the standard preposition when simply referring to the place as a point.
📖 Explanation 📚
At the station = location point where something happened.
If you say in the station, it means inside the building or platform area. For general reference, at is correct.
Q4. He looks upset, I think he took the criticism ______ heart.
Correct Option:
D [ to ]
Explanation: ✅ Rule ✍️
The fixed phrase is “take something to heart”.
It means: to be deeply affected by something (especially negative comments or criticism).
📖 Explanation 📚
When someone takes something to heart ❤️, they take it very seriously and feel hurt or upset.
It’s an idiomatic expression, so the preposition to is always used (not in/at/with).
The fixed phrase is “take something to heart”.
It means: to be deeply affected by something (especially negative comments or criticism).
📖 Explanation 📚
When someone takes something to heart ❤️, they take it very seriously and feel hurt or upset.
It’s an idiomatic expression, so the preposition to is always used (not in/at/with).
Q5. The lecture was boring, everyone was busy on their phone ______ the session.
Correct Option:
D [ during ]
Explanation: ✅ Rule ✍️
We use during + noun to show that something happened throughout a period of time or at some point in that time.
Pattern: during + time period / event
📖 Explanation 📚
During tells us when something happened (within the limits of an event/time).
It does not tell us how long, just that it happened at some point inside that time frame.
We use during + noun to show that something happened throughout a period of time or at some point in that time.
Pattern: during + time period / event
📖 Explanation 📚
During tells us when something happened (within the limits of an event/time).
It does not tell us how long, just that it happened at some point inside that time frame.
Q6. The story has a sudden twist _______ the end.
Correct Option:
C [ at ]
Explanation: ✅ Rule ✍️
We use at the end (of) to talk about a specific point in time (the finishing point of something).
In the end has a different meaning → finally / after a long time.
📖 Explanation 📚
At the end = exactly at the finishing point of something (a story, a movie, a journey, a month, etc.).
In the end = finally, after everything has happened.
We use at the end (of) to talk about a specific point in time (the finishing point of something).
In the end has a different meaning → finally / after a long time.
📖 Explanation 📚
At the end = exactly at the finishing point of something (a story, a movie, a journey, a month, etc.).
In the end = finally, after everything has happened.
Q7. She takes great interest ________ discussing political issues.
Correct Option:
A [ in ]
Explanation: ✅ Rule ✍️
After the noun interest, we usually use the preposition in.
Pattern: take interest in + noun/verb(-ing)
📖 Explanation 📚
Interest in = curiosity, concern, or enjoyment about something.
When the activity follows, it takes the -ing form (discussing, reading, learning, etc.).
After the noun interest, we usually use the preposition in.
Pattern: take interest in + noun/verb(-ing)
📖 Explanation 📚
Interest in = curiosity, concern, or enjoyment about something.
When the activity follows, it takes the -ing form (discussing, reading, learning, etc.).
Q8. Can we expect the results of the exams _______ the end of May?
Correct Option:
D [ by ]
Explanation: ✅ Rule ✍️
By is used to mean not later than a particular time.
It shows a deadline or the latest possible time something will happen.
Pattern: by + specific time/date
📖 Explanation 📚
If we say by the end of May, it means the results will be declared on or before the last day of May.
If we say at the end of May, it means exactly around the last days of May.
By is used to mean not later than a particular time.
It shows a deadline or the latest possible time something will happen.
Pattern: by + specific time/date
📖 Explanation 📚
If we say by the end of May, it means the results will be declared on or before the last day of May.
If we say at the end of May, it means exactly around the last days of May.
Q9. Aunt Polly wanted to trap Tom _______ damaging confessions.
Correct Option:
A [ into ]
Explanation: "Trap into" means to trick someone into doing or saying something they don't want to.
Q10. The lecture was boring; everyone was busy on their phone _______ the session.
Correct Option:
D [ during ]
Explanation: The preposition "during" is used to say when something happens.
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