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UPSC CAPF AC English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandant) 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 furniture in the house ___ new.
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Answer: B — is
“Furniture” is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
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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 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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Q4.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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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 form: By the time we arrived, the film ___.
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Answer: C — 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 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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Q8.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”.
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Q9.Choose the passive voice of: “The chef cooked a delicious meal.”
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Answer: B — A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Simple past active → “was/were + past participle” in the passive.
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Q10.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”.
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 UPSC CAPF AC
Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandant) Examination — conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Recruits Assistant Commandants for BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP and SSB.
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UPSC CAPF AC practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Polity, History & Geography | General awareness | Question bank |
| World General Knowledge | General awareness | Question bank |
| Logical Reasoning | Reasoning | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Percentages | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| English Grammar | English | Question bank |