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IBPS PO English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the IBPS Probationary Officer Examination: 10 multiple-choice questions, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Click an option to check it, or “New questions” for another set.
English Grammar practice
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Q1.Choose the correct option: She has been working here ___ 2019.
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Answer: C — since
Use “since” with a point in time (2019) and “for” with a duration.
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Q2.Choose the correct option: The number of applicants ___ increased.
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Answer: C — has
“The number of” takes a singular verb; “a number of” takes a plural verb.
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Q3.Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, “I am tired.”
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Answer: B — He said that he was tired.
With a past reporting verb, the present tense shifts back: “am” → “was”.
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Q4.Choose the correct comparative: This road is ___ than that one.
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Answer: A — narrower
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -ow usually take -er: “narrower”.
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Q5.Choose the correct preposition: She is good ___ mathematics.
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Answer: D — at
The idiom is “good at” a subject or skill.
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Q6.Choose the correct option: She is senior ___ me by two years.
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Answer: C — to
Latin comparatives (senior, junior, superior, inferior) take “to”, not “than”.
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Q7.Choose the correct option: The furniture in the house ___ new.
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Answer: B — is
“Furniture” is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
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Q8.Choose the correct form: By the time we arrived, the film ___.
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Answer: D — had already started
An action completed before another past action takes the past perfect: “had already started”.
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Q9.Choose the correct conditional: If it rains tomorrow, we ___ the match.
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Answer: D — will cancel
First conditional (real future possibility): if + present, will + base verb.
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Q10.Choose the word that fits: The news ___ surprising.
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Answer: A — is
“News” is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb.
How to approach english grammar questions
Find the subject first and make the verb agree with it, ignoring phrases in between. Watch fixed prepositions (good at, insist on, prefer to) and tense sequence in reported speech.
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IBPS Probationary Officer Examination — conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). Recruits Probationary Officers for participating public sector banks through prelims, mains and interview.
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IBPS PO practice topics
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| Data Interpretation | Data interpretation | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Percentages | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Simple & Compound Interest | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Logical Reasoning | Reasoning | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Verbal Reasoning & Analogies | Reasoning | Calculated + question bank |
| English Grammar | English | Question bank |
| Economy & Banking Awareness | General awareness | Question bank |