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NABARD Grade A English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the NABARD Assistant Manager (Grade A) 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 conditional: If it rains tomorrow, we ___ the match.
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Answer: A — will cancel
First conditional (real future possibility): if + present, will + base verb.
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Q2.Choose the correct tag question: She can swim, ___?
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Answer: B — can’t she
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary: “can’t she?”.
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Q3.Choose the correct option: If I ___ you, I would accept the offer.
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Answer: B — were
The subjunctive “were” is used in hypothetical conditions: “If I were you…”.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: The committee ___ divided in their opinions.
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Answer: B — were
When members of a collective noun act individually (divided opinions), a plural verb is used: “were”.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: I look forward to ___ from you.
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Answer: B — hearing
In “look forward to”, “to” is a preposition, so it takes a gerund: “hearing”.
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Q6.Choose the correct option: The number of applicants ___ increased.
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Answer: D — has
“The number of” takes a singular verb; “a number of” takes a plural verb.
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Q7.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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Q8.Choose the correct option: Hardly had he left ___ it started raining.
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Answer: C — when
The correlative pair is “hardly … when” (also “no sooner … than”).
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Q9.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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Q10.Choose the word that fits: The news ___ surprising.
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Answer: D — 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.
About NABARD Grade A
NABARD Assistant Manager (Grade A) Examination — conducted by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Recruits Assistant Managers for India’s apex development bank for agriculture and rural finance.
Original practice questions written for this site in the style and difficulty of each exam’s syllabus. They are not past papers and the site is not affiliated with any exam body. Exam patterns, marking schemes and syllabi change — always check the latest official notification.
NABARD Grade A practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Banking Awareness | General awareness | Question bank |
| Accounting & Finance | Finance | Calculated + question bank |
| Data Interpretation | Data interpretation | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Logical Reasoning | Reasoning | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| English Grammar | English | Question bank |