English Grammar: 156 MCQs with Answers
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English Grammar Quiz Questions
English Grammar is one of the most important sections in competitive examinations conducted by various state and central government recruiting agencies across India. A strong command of English Grammar helps candidates improve their performance in subjects such as English Language, Communication Skills, Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Sentence Improvement, Vocabulary, and Writing Ability.
This English Grammar Quiz contains carefully selected multiple-choice questions (MCQs) covering all major grammar topics including Parts of Speech, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Tenses, Articles, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Active and Passive Voice, Direct and Indirect Speech, Subject-Verb Agreement, Error Detection, Sentence Correction, Vocabulary, Synonyms, Antonyms, One Word Substitution, Idioms and Phrases, Cloze Test, Para Jumbles, and Reading Comprehension.
These English Grammar MCQs are highly useful for candidates preparing for various state-level and national-level examinations. Regular practice of these questions helps improve accuracy, speed, grammatical understanding, and overall exam performance.
Important English Grammar Topics
- Parts of Speech
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Verb
- Tenses
- Articles
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Interjections
- Active and Passive Voice
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Error Detection
- Sentence Improvement
- Sentence Rearrangement
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Idioms and Phrases
- One Word Substitution
- Spellings
- Cloze Test
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary Building
- Fill in the Blanks
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Practice these English Grammar Quiz Questions regularly to strengthen your grammar concepts, improve your vocabulary, and achieve higher scores in competitive examinations.
Q141. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: ABNEGATE
Right Answer: Renounce
The verb 'abnegate' comes from the Latin 'abnegare', meaning to refuse or deny. In modern English it means to renounce or surrender something voluntarily, particularly a right, a claim, a belief or a personal comfort. A monk who abnegates worldly pleasures gives them up deliberately. Among the given options, 'renounce' expresses exactly this act of formally giving something up, so it is the correct synonym. The remaining choices point in the opposite direction: 'demand' means to claim forcefully, while 'accept' and 'support' both indicate embracing rather than surrendering. Hence the correct answer is Renounce.
Q142. Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Move heaven and earth
Right Answer: To work tirelessly to achieve something
The idiom 'move heaven and earth' is a hyperbolic expression meaning to make every possible effort and use every available means to accomplish a goal. The image is of someone so determined that they would shift the very heavens and the earth itself to succeed. For example, a parent may move heaven and earth to secure treatment for a sick child. Option two captures this sense of tireless, all-out effort. The idiom has nothing to do with physically relocating, with silent protest, or with blind obedience. Hence the correct meaning is 'To work tirelessly to achieve something'.
Q143. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word: Puissant
Right Answer: Feeble
'Puissant' is a somewhat literary adjective meaning having great power, influence or authority, and it is related to the French verb 'pouvoir', meaning to be able. A puissant monarch is a mighty one. An antonym must therefore express weakness or lack of strength. Among the options, 'feeble' means lacking physical or moral force and is the direct opposite, so it is the correct answer. The other three are traps because 'robust', 'powerful' and 'strong' are all synonyms of puissant rather than antonyms. Hence the correct answer is Feeble.
Q144. Identify the misspelt word.
Right Answer: Priviledge
This question tests some of the most commonly misspelt words in English. 'Supersede' is correct and is notable for being the only common English word ending in -sede. 'Perseverance' is also correct and ends in -ance, not -ence. 'Assassinate' is spelt correctly with a double s appearing twice. The third option, however, is written as 'Priviledge', which is wrong. The correct spelling is 'privilege', with no letter d before the final -ge, and it means a special right or advantage granted to a particular person or group. Hence the misspelt word is Priviledge.
Q145. Spot the correct spelling of a drug-effect psychology field.
Right Answer: Psychopharmacology
The branch of study concerned with how drugs affect mood, sensation, thinking and behaviour is built from three Greek elements: 'psycho' meaning mind, 'pharmaco' meaning drug, and 'logy' meaning the study of. Combining them correctly gives 'Psychopharmacology', which is the first option. Each of the other three choices corrupts one element: 'Psychopharmacholog' inserts a stray h and drops the final y, 'Psychopharmeocology' adds an extra e after pharm, and 'Psychopharmocology' replaces the a of pharmaco with an o. Hence the correctly spelt term is Psychopharmacology.
Q146. Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'A person who abstains from all forms of indulgence'.
Right Answer: Ascetic
The description refers to someone who deliberately gives up comfort, luxury and pleasure, usually for spiritual or moral reasons. 'Ascetic' names exactly such a person, one who practises severe self-discipline and abstinence, so it is the correct one-word substitute. The other options describe different ideas altogether. An 'agnostic' is a person who believes that the existence of God cannot be known. A 'mystic' seeks direct union with the divine through contemplation, which need not involve abstinence. A 'skeptic' is someone inclined to doubt accepted opinions. Hence the correct answer is Ascetic.
Q147. Select the correct option: Neither the principal investigator ___ the co-authors anticipated the backlash.
Right Answer: nor
English uses fixed correlative conjunction pairs, and 'neither' must always be completed by 'nor'. Since the sentence opens with 'Neither the principal investigator', the blank can only be filled by 'nor', giving the balanced structure 'Neither X nor Y'. Option two is wrong because 'or' pairs with 'either', not with 'neither'. Option three would produce a double negative sense and breaks the correlative pattern entirely. Option four adds the auxiliary 'did', which is used only in inverted constructions such as 'nor did they anticipate', not before a plain noun phrase. Hence the correct answer is nor.
Q148. Select the correct option: The board will convene next Friday, ___ final approval is expected.
Right Answer: when
The blank introduces a non-defining relative clause that refers back to a point in time, namely 'next Friday'. The relative adverb used for time is 'when', which produces the natural sentence 'The board will convene next Friday, when final approval is expected'. Option one, 'at which', would need a noun such as 'meeting' rather than a day to attach to. Option two, 'on which', is grammatically possible with a date but reads stiffly and was not the key. Option four, 'whereupon', implies that one event happens immediately as a result of another, which distorts the meaning. Hence 'when' is correct.
Q149. Select the correct option: Nothing short of a paradigm shift will ___ the entrenched bureaucratic inertia.
Right Answer: dislodge
The sentence speaks of inertia that is 'entrenched', that is, firmly fixed in position. The verb in the blank must therefore mean to force something out of a firmly held position. 'Dislodge' carries precisely that meaning and collocates naturally with entrenched attitudes or habits, so it is correct. 'Persuade' takes a person as its object, not an abstract noun like inertia, so it does not fit. 'Dissuasion' is a noun and cannot serve as the verb the sentence requires. 'Disillusion' means to free someone from a mistaken belief, which is not the sense needed. Hence the answer is dislodge.
Q150. Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.
Much of what appears to be coordination (1)/ among the regulatory bodies and private stakeholders (2)/ are, in fact, coincidental overlaps (3)/ caused by differing mandates. (4)
Right Answer: (3)
The grammatical subject of this sentence is 'Much of what appears to be coordination'. When 'much of' introduces an uncountable idea, the whole phrase is treated as singular and requires a singular verb. Part three, however, uses the plural verb 'are', which does not agree with that singular subject and should be 'is'. The plural nouns 'bodies' and 'stakeholders' standing immediately before the verb act as deliberate distractors, a classic proximity trap. Parts one, two and four are all grammatically correct as written. Hence the error lies in part (3).
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