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NDA English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the National Defence Academy & Naval Academy 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 is senior ___ me by two years.
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Answer: D — to
Latin comparatives (senior, junior, superior, inferior) take “to”, not “than”.
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Q2.Identify the error: “One of my friend is a doctor.”
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Answer: A — my friend
After “one of” use a plural noun: “one of my friends”.
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Q3.Choose the correct option: The committee ___ divided in their opinions.
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Answer: C — were
When members of a collective noun act individually (divided opinions), a plural verb is used: “were”.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: He prefers tea ___ coffee.
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Answer: C — to
“Prefer X to Y” is the correct pattern.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: There is no ___ in crying over spilt milk.
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Answer: A — use
Fixed expression: “There is no use (in) doing something”.
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Q6.Choose the correct form: By the time we arrived, the film ___.
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Answer: A — had already started
An action completed before another past action takes the past perfect: “had already started”.
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Q7.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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Q8.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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Q9.Identify the error: “Each of the students have submitted their assignment.”
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Answer: B — have submitted
“Each” is singular, so the verb should be “has submitted”.
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Q10.Choose the correct tag question: She can swim, ___?
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Answer: A — can’t she
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary: “can’t she?”.
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 NDA
National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination — conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Entry to the tri-service National Defence Academy after Class 12, with Mathematics and General Ability papers.
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