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RBI Grade B English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the RBI Grade B Officer 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: 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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Q2.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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Q3.Choose the correct tag question: She can swim, ___?
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Answer: D — can’t she
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary: “can’t she?”.
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Q4.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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Q5.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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Q6.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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Q7.Choose the correct option: I look forward to ___ from you.
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Answer: C — hearing
In “look forward to”, “to” is a preposition, so it takes a gerund: “hearing”.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: C — have ever read
A superlative + experience up to now uses the present perfect: “have ever read”.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: The train ___ by the time we reach the station.
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Answer: C — will have left
An action completed before a future point takes the future perfect: “will have left”.
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Q10.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: A — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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 RBI Grade B
RBI Grade B Officer Examination — conducted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Recruits officers to the Reserve Bank; Phase II tests economic & social issues and finance & management.
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RBI Grade B 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 |