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RBI Assistant English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the RBI Assistant 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 correctly punctuated sentence.
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Answer: D — It’s a lovely day.
“It’s” is the contraction of “it is”; “its” is possessive.
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Q2.Choose the correct option: The train ___ by the time we reach the station.
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Answer: D — will have left
An action completed before a future point takes the future perfect: “will have left”.
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Q3.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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Q4.Choose the passive voice of: “The chef cooked a delicious meal.”
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Answer: D — A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Simple past active → “was/were + past participle” in the passive.
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Q5.Choose the correct article: He is ___ honest man.
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Answer: D — an
“Honest” begins with a vowel sound (silent h), so “an”.
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Q6.Choose the correct comparative: This road is ___ than that one.
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Answer: C — narrower
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -ow usually take -er: “narrower”.
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Q7.Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, “I am tired.”
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Answer: D — He said that he was tired.
With a past reporting verb, the present tense shifts back: “am” → “was”.
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Q8.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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Q9.Choose the correct option: I would rather you ___ now.
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Answer: A — left
“Would rather + subject” is followed by the past tense for present/future meaning: “left”.
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Q10.Choose the correct option: The furniture in the house ___ new.
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Answer: C — is
“Furniture” is uncountable 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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RBI Assistant Examination — conducted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Recruits Assistants for RBI offices through prelims, mains and a language proficiency test.
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