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NIMCET English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the NIT MCA Common Entrance Test: 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 preposition: She is good ___ mathematics.
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Answer: C — at
The idiom is “good at” a subject or skill.
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Q2.Identify the correct sentence.
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Answer: B — He and I went to the market.
Subject pronouns (he, I) are needed for the subject of the verb.
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Q3.Choose the correct option: I would rather you ___ now.
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Answer: D — left
“Would rather + subject” is followed by the past tense for present/future meaning: “left”.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: C — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: B — have ever read
A superlative + experience up to now uses the present perfect: “have ever read”.
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Q6.Choose the correct option: There is no ___ in crying over spilt milk.
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Answer: D — use
Fixed expression: “There is no use (in) doing something”.
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Q7.Choose the correct option: Neither the manager nor the clerks ___ present.
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Answer: A — were
With neither…nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject (“clerks”, plural) → were.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: If I ___ you, I would accept the offer.
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Answer: D — were
The subjunctive “were” is used in hypothetical conditions: “If I were you…”.
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Q9.Choose the word that fits: The news ___ surprising.
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Answer: C — is
“News” is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb.
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Q10.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”.
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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NIT MCA Common Entrance Test — conducted by National Institutes of Technology (organising NIT rotates). Admission to MCA programmes at participating NITs; mathematics carries the most weight.
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