NDA NA: English / Hindi Language — Grammar Practice MCQs (2026)
Practise these 20 carefully crafted MCQs on Grammar designed for NDA NA 2026. Each question carries a detailed explanation to reinforce learning.
Q1. Choose the correct sentence:
- A) He don't know the answer.
- B) He doesn't know the answer.
- C) He not know the answer.
- D) He knowing the answer.
Answer: B) He doesn't know the answer. — Third person singular present uses 'doesn't'.
Q2. Identify the error: 'She is more smarter than him.'
- A) more smarter
- B) smarter than
- C) than him
- D) No error
Answer: A) more smarter — 'More' is redundant with comparative 'smarter'.
Q3. Choose correct passive voice of 'Ram wrote a letter.'
- A) A letter is written by Ram.
- B) A letter was being written by Ram.
- C) A letter was written by Ram.
- D) A letter has been written by Ram.
Answer: C) A letter was written by Ram. — Simple past passive: was+V3.
Q4. Fill in the blank: She __ here since morning.
- A) is
- B) has been
- C) was
- D) had
Answer: B) has been — 'Since' requires present perfect continuous: 'has been'.
Q5. Identify the type of sentence: 'What a beautiful painting!'
- A) Declarative
- B) Interrogative
- C) Imperative
- D) Exclamatory
Answer: D) Exclamatory — Exclamation mark and 'What' indicate exclamatory sentence.
Q6. Choose the correct article: __ elephant never forgets.
- A) An
- B) A
- C) The
- D) No article
Answer: A) An — Before vowel sound: 'An'.
Q7. Select antonym of 'benevolent':
- A) Kind
- B) Generous
- C) Malevolent
- D) Charitable
Answer: C) Malevolent — Malevolent means wishing harm — opposite of benevolent.
Q8. Identify the adjective in: 'The tall man is carrying a heavy bag.'
- A) man
- B) tall
- C) carrying
- D) bag
Answer: B) tall — 'Tall' modifies the noun 'man'.
Q9. Select correct reported speech: He said, 'I am happy.'
- A) He said that he was happy.
- B) He said that he is happy.
- C) He told that he was happy.
- D) He said that I was happy.
Answer: A) He said that he was happy. — Reported speech: present→past; 'I'→'he'.
Q10. Choose correct preposition: She is good __ mathematics.
Answer: B) at — 'Good at' is the correct collocation.
Q11. Plural of 'criterion':
- A) criterions
- B) criterias
- C) criteria
- D) criterium
Answer: C) criteria — The plural of 'criterion' is 'criteria'.
Q12. Identify subject in: 'Running every day is healthy.'
- A) Running every day
- B) is
- C) healthy
- D) every day
Answer: A) Running every day — Gerund phrase 'Running every day' is the subject.
Q13. Choose the correct tense: By 2030, scientists __ a cure.
- A) find
- B) will have found
- C) found
- D) are finding
Answer: B) will have found — Future perfect 'will have found' for completion by a future time.
Q14. Select synonym of 'verbose':
- A) Concise
- B) Brief
- C) Silent
- D) Wordy
Answer: D) Wordy — Verbose = using more words than needed = wordy.
Q15. Identify the conjunction in: 'I was tired but I continued working.'
- A) tired
- B) I
- C) but
- D) working
Answer: C) but — 'But' is a coordinating conjunction.
Q16. Choose correct spelling:
- A) recieve
- B) receive
- C) receve
- D) reciave
Answer: B) receive — 'receive' follows 'i before e except after c'.
Q17. The sentence 'He had gone before I arrived' uses which tense?
- A) Past perfect
- B) Simple past
- C) Present perfect
- D) Past continuous
Answer: A) Past perfect — 'Had gone' = past perfect.
Q18. Identify the error: 'One of my friend is coming.'
- A) One
- B) friend
- C) is
- D) coming
Answer: B) friend — 'One of my friends' — noun after 'one of' must be plural.
Q19. Choose correct form: Neither the students nor the teacher __ present.
- A) are
- B) were
- C) was
- D) been
Answer: C) was — Subject near verb 'teacher' → singular 'was'.
Q20. Select the correct sentence:
- A) The data is incorrect.
- B) The data are correctly analyzed.
- C) Datas are missing.
- D) The data are inconclusive.
Answer: D) The data are inconclusive. — 'Data' is plural; 'are' is correct.
