English Grammar: 181 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.

Q171. Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'A state of disuse or inactivity'.

Right Answer: Desuetude

The phrase describes something that has fallen out of use and now lies dormant, as when an old law is no longer enforced. 'Desuetude' names precisely this condition of disuse and is commonly used in legal English in the phrase 'fallen into desuetude', so it is the correct one-word substitute. The other options differ: a 'hiatus' is a temporary pause or gap in a continuous activity, 'oblivion' is the state of being completely forgotten, and an 'interregnum' is the interval between two reigns or governments. Hence the correct answer is Desuetude.
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Q172. Select the correct option: So delicate ___ the negotiations that a single leak could derail them.

Right Answer: was

The sentence uses the emphatic inverted pattern 'So + adjective + verb + subject + that', in which the verb moves ahead of the subject. The narrative frame is past, since the consequence clause uses the past form 'could derail', so the verb in the blank must also be past rather than present. This rules out the present forms 'are' and 'is'. Between the two past forms, the official answer key for this paper marks 'was' as the correct option. Candidates should note that the verb in such inversions must still agree in tense with the rest of the sentence.
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Q173. Select the correct option: Her interpretation was ___ than insightful; it bordered on the revelatory.

Right Answer: more

The clause after the semicolon says that her interpretation 'bordered on the revelatory', which is a stronger quality than mere insight. The blank must therefore intensify rather than diminish, and with 'than' present a comparative form is required. 'More' supplies both, giving 'more than insightful'. 'Less' would reverse the meaning and contradict the second clause entirely. 'Other' produces 'other than insightful', which would deny that the interpretation was insightful at all. 'Rather' cannot combine with 'than' in this position to form the required comparative. Hence the correct answer is more.
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Q174. Select the correct option: The reforms, while ostensibly motivated by economic exigencies, were in effect a veiled attempt to ___ dissent under the guise of austerity.

Right Answer: quell

The sentence describes reforms that were secretly designed to act against dissent while appearing to serve economic necessity. The verb in the blank must therefore mean to suppress or put down. 'Quell' carries exactly that sense and collocates naturally with dissent, protest and rebellion, so it is correct. 'Swell' would mean to increase dissent, which reverses the intended meaning. 'Rebut' means to argue against a claim with evidence, an open intellectual act rather than a veiled suppression. 'Impugn' means to call someone's honesty or motives into question. Hence the correct answer is quell.
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Q175. Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.

The more senior the position was (1)/ the more urgent became the need (2)/ for discretion, decorum, and (3)/ refraining from premature disclosure. (4)

Right Answer: (4)

The preposition 'for' in part three introduces a list, and every item in that list must share the same grammatical form. The first two items, 'discretion' and 'decorum', are plain nouns. Part four, however, supplies the gerund 'refraining', which breaks the parallel structure of the series. To correct it the writer would need a noun such as 'restraint', giving 'for discretion, decorum, and restraint'. Parts one and two are correctly built as a double comparative construction of the 'the more ... the more' type. Hence the error lies in part (4).
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Q176. Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.

The report's emphasis on techno-optimism, while commendable, (1)/ overlook the structural inequities (2)/ that persist in data accessibility and digital literacy (3)/ across demographic and regional divides. (4)

Right Answer: (2)

The grammatical subject of this sentence is 'The report's emphasis', which is singular. The phrase 'while commendable' is set off by commas and is merely parenthetical, so it does not affect agreement. The main verb must therefore be singular, yet part two supplies the plural form 'overlook' and should read 'overlooks'. The plural noun 'inequities' that follows is a distractor and does not govern the verb. Parts one, three and four are all correctly constructed, including the relative clause introduced by 'that'. Hence the error lies in part (2).
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Q177. Change the following from active to passive: Why did the editor overlook the substantial stylistic anomalies?

Right Answer: Why were the substantial stylistic anomalies overlooked by the editor?

The active sentence is an interrogative in the simple past, formed with the auxiliary 'did' plus the bare verb 'overlook'. In the passive, the object 'the substantial stylistic anomalies' becomes the subject, and because it is plural the past form of 'be' must be 'were', followed by the past participle 'overlooked'. The question word 'Why' stays at the front. This produces option four. Option one shifts to the present perfect, option two to the present continuous, and option three keeps 'did' alongside 'be', which is ungrammatical. Hence option four is correct.
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Q178. Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The historian referenced a bailey in Norman military architecture.

Right Answer: The shepherd gathered his sheep in the bailey.

In Norman military architecture a 'bailey' is the walled enclosure or courtyard of a castle, most familiar from the motte-and-bailey design. Options two, three and four all keep the word firmly in this fortification sense, mentioning palisades, the motte and the king's guard. Option one, however, places the word in a pastoral setting where a shepherd gathers sheep, so the term is being used in a different, non-military sense rather than as part of a castle. That shift of meaning is what the question is testing. Hence option one is correct.
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Q179. Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: It has been alleged that confidential data was being leaked by insiders within the firm.

Right Answer: Insiders have allegedly been leaking confidential data within the firm.

The sentence contains two passive layers. The outer layer, 'It has been alleged', has no stated agent and is best rendered by the adverb 'allegedly'. The inner layer identifies 'insiders' as the real doer, so they must become the grammatical subject of the active sentence. Combining both gives 'Insiders have allegedly been leaking confidential data within the firm', which preserves the present perfect continuous force of the original. Option one drops the allegation entirely, option two remains passive, and option four reverses the roles by making the firm the leaker. Hence option three is correct.
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Q180. What is the central idea of groupthink as discussed in the passage?

Read the following passage and answer the question based on the passage:

Group thinking, often referred to as groupthink, is a psychological phenomenon wherein the desire for unanimity within a group overrides the motivation to appraise alternative viewpoints critically. It frequently leads to flawed decision-making because dissent is either internally suppressed or socially penalized. Social conformity, its close ally, describes the act of aligning one's beliefs or behaviours with those of a majority, often subconsciously, in pursuit of acceptance or avoidance of conflict. In tightly knit groups—such as corporate boards, political committees, or academic panels—individual members may refrain from expressing contrarian ideas, fearing ostracization or reputational risk. Over time, this collective homogeneity breeds intellectual stagnation, reducing innovation and enhancing vulnerability to strategic errors. The infamous Bay of Pigs invasion and the Challenger space shuttle disaster are frequently cited as textbook examples of decisions marred by groupthink. Psychologically, the roots of group conformity lie in our evolutionary inclination toward tribal belonging, where deviation was historically associated with survival risk. In modern society, the same instinct manifests through peer pressure, organizational culture, and digital echo chambers. Algorithms reinforce conformity by curating information bubbles that validate existing biases while filtering out divergent thought. However, the remedy to such cognitive myopia lies in institutionalizing dissent. Constructive disagreement, when encouraged within teams or communities, acts as an intellectual safeguard against tunnel vision. Promoting a culture where counterarguments are respected rather than reprimanded can lead to more robust, balanced, and resilient decision-making. In an age dominated by viral trends, polarized discourse, and performative alignment, the courage to question consensus is both rare and essential. True progress emerges not from blind allegiance to majority norms, but from critical inquiry and the audacity to challenge the comfortable.

Right Answer: Valuing consensus over critique

The opening sentence defines groupthink as a phenomenon in which the desire for unanimity within a group overrides the motivation to appraise alternative viewpoints critically. That is precisely a case of valuing consensus above critique, which makes option two correct. The passage reinforces this by noting that dissent is suppressed or penalized and that members withhold contrarian ideas for fear of ostracization. Collaborative brainstorming would involve open exchange, the opposite of groupthink. Trusting experts and promoting decentralization are never presented as the core idea. Hence option two is correct.
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