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Navy Agniveer SSR English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Indian Navy Agniveer (SSR) 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: C — will cancel
First conditional (real future possibility): if + present, will + base verb.
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Q2.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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Q3.Choose the correct option: She has been working here ___ 2019.
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Answer: B — since
Use “since” with a point in time (2019) and “for” with a duration.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: Hardly had he left ___ it started raining.
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Answer: A — when
The correlative pair is “hardly … when” (also “no sooner … than”).
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Q5.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: B — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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Q6.Choose the correct tag question: She can swim, ___?
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Answer: C — can’t she
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary: “can’t she?”.
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Q7.Choose the correct option: She is senior ___ me by two years.
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Answer: B — to
Latin comparatives (senior, junior, superior, inferior) take “to”, not “than”.
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Q8.Identify the correct sentence.
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Answer: D — He and I went to the market.
Subject pronouns (he, I) are needed for the subject of the verb.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: A — have ever read
A superlative + experience up to now uses the present perfect: “have ever read”.
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Q10.Choose the correct option: He prefers tea ___ coffee.
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Answer: A — to
“Prefer X to Y” is the correct pattern.
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 Navy Agniveer SSR
Indian Navy Agniveer (SSR) Examination — conducted by Indian Navy. Selects Agniveers (Senior Secondary Recruits) for the Indian Navy.
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Navy Agniveer SSR practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
|---|---|---|
| Algebra | Mathematics | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Physics | Science | Calculated + question bank |
| Chemistry | Science | Calculated + question bank |
| English Grammar | English | Question bank |