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Fill in the blank: The committee ___ submitted its report.
Correct answer: A. has
When a collective noun acts as one unit, it takes a singular verb: the committee has submitted its report.
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Grammar, Fill in the Blanks and Error Spotting MCQs
Solved English grammar MCQs for SSC and banking exams: fill in the blanks, prepositions, tenses, subject–verb agreement, articles, voice and narration, and error spotting.
20 MCQsUpdated 27 October 2026
This set covers the grammar behind fill-in-the-blank and spot-the-error questions: collective nouns, subjunctive forms such as "If I were", articles before abbreviations, comparatives like "senior to", and reported speech.
In error-spotting questions, check subject–verb agreement, tense consistency and preposition pairings first, because these cause most errors in exam sentences. Every explanation names the rule involved.
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Fill in the blank: She has been working here ___ five years.
Correct answer: B. for
"For" is used with a length of time (five years); "since" with a starting point (since 2020).
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Fill in the blank: He is good ___ mathematics.
Correct answer: C. at
We say "good at" a subject or skill.
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Fill in the blank: I prefer tea ___ coffee.
Correct answer: D. to
"Prefer" takes "to": prefer tea to coffee.
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Fill in the blank: If I ___ a bird, I would fly.
Correct answer: B. were
Imaginary conditions use "were" for all subjects in formal English: If I were a bird.
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Fill in the blank: She ___ to Mumbai last week.
Correct answer: D. went
A finished past time (last week) takes the simple past: went.
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Fill in the blank: Each of the students ___ given a prize.
Correct answer: A. was
"Each" is singular, so the verb is singular: each of the students was given a prize.
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Fill in the blank: He is ___ university student.
Correct answer: C. a
"University" begins with a "yoo" (consonant) sound, so it takes "a".
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Fill in the blank: She is ___ MBA from a reputed institute.
Correct answer: A. an
MBA is read "em-bee-ay", starting with a vowel sound, so it takes "an".
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Fill in the blank: No sooner had he reached the station ___ the train left.
Correct answer: A. than
"No sooner" is always followed by "than".
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Choose the passive voice of: "The teacher praised the students."
Correct answer: B. The students were praised by the teacher.
Simple past active (praised) becomes was/were + past participle in the passive.
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Choose the passive voice of: "Open the door."
Correct answer: B. Let the door be opened.
Imperative sentences take "Let … be + past participle" in the passive.
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Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, "I will come tomorrow."
Correct answer: C. He said that he would come the next day.
After a past reporting verb, "will" becomes "would" and "tomorrow" becomes "the next day".
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Spot the error: "He did not knew (A) / the answer (B) / to the question. (C) / No error (D)"
Correct answer: A. (A)
After "did not" the verb is in its base form: "He did not know".
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Spot the error: "One of my friend (A) / has won (B) / the first prize. (C) / No error (D)"
Correct answer: A. (A)
"One of" is followed by a plural noun: "One of my friends".
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Spot the error: "The news (A) / are very (B) / encouraging today. (C) / No error (D)"
Correct answer: B. (B)
"News" is uncountable and singular: "The news is very encouraging".
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Spot the error: "She is senior (A) / than me (B) / by two years. (C) / No error (D)"
Correct answer: B. (B)
"Senior", "junior", "superior" and "inferior" take "to", not "than": senior to me.
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Spot the error: "I have been living (A) / in Delhi (B) / since five years. (C) / No error (D)"
Correct answer: C. (C)
A length of time takes "for": "for five years".
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Spot the error: "Neither of the two boys (A) / have completed (B) / the assignment. (C) / No error (D)"
Correct answer: B. (B)
"Neither of" takes a singular verb in standard exam grammar: "has completed".
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Spot the error: "The book that (A) / you gave me (B) / is very interesting. (C) / No error (D)"
Correct answer: D. (D) No error
The sentence is correct: the subject "the book" agrees with "is", and "that" correctly introduces the clause.
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