Grammar
122 NDA English previous year questions (PYQs) from 8 papers, 2019 to 2026, with answers and worked solutions.
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- Difficulty: 74 easy · 44 moderate · 4 hard.
- Most-asked subtopics: Sentence Completion (30), Discourse Markers and Connectors (20), Parts of Speech (20).
- Updated 14 September 2026.
- Set · 5 questionsDirections (Q. Nos. 26 to 30): Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and identify which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q26Moderate
#1Parts of Speech
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q27Moderate
#2Parts of Speech
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q28Moderate
#3Parts of Speech
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q29Moderate
#4Parts of Speech
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q30Moderate
#5Parts of Speech
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- Set · 5 questionsDirections (Q. Nos. 36 to 40): The following items have four sentences, one of which is grammatically correct. Select the most appropriate correct sentence and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q36Moderate
#6Correct Sentence Identification
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q37Moderate
#7Correct Sentence Identification
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q38Moderate
#8Correct Sentence Identification
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q39Moderate
#9Correct Sentence Identification
#10Correct Sentence Identification
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q43Moderate
#11Active and Passive Voice
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q44Moderate
#12Active and Passive Voice
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q45Moderate
#13Direct and Indirect Speech
- NDA · Sep 2026 · Q46Moderate
#14Direct and Indirect Speech
- Set · 10 questionsDirections : Each item in this section has a sentence with a missing preposition. Select the correct preposition from the given options and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.
- NDA · Apr 2020 · Q31Moderate
#15Preposition Usage
#16Preposition Usage
#17Preposition Usage
#18Preposition Usage
#19Preposition Usage
#20Preposition Usage
#21Preposition Usage
#22Preposition Usage
#23Preposition Usage
#24Preposition Usage
- Set · 10 questionsDirections : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
#25Subject-Verb Agreement
- NDA · Sep 2019 · Q22Moderate
#26Subject-Verb Agreement
- NDA · Sep 2019 · Q23Moderate
#27Subject-Verb Agreement
- NDA · Sep 2019 · Q24Moderate
#28Subject-Verb Agreement
#29Subject-Verb Agreement
#30Subject-Verb Agreement
- NDA · Sep 2019 · Q27Moderate
#31Subject-Verb Agreement
#32Subject-Verb Agreement
#33Subject-Verb Agreement
- NDA · Sep 2019 · Q30Moderate
#34Subject-Verb Agreement
- Set · 10 questionsDirections : Each of the following items features one part of a sentence, followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
#35Sentence Completion
#36Sentence Completion
#37Sentence Completion
#38Sentence Completion
#39Sentence Completion
#40Sentence Completion
#41Sentence Completion
- NDA · Apr 2024 · Q23Moderate
#42Sentence Completion
#43Sentence Completion
#44Sentence Completion
- Set · 5 questionsDirections : Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and find which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
#45Parts of Speech
#46Parts of Speech
- NDA · Apr 2024 · Q38Moderate
#47Parts of Speech
#48Parts of Speech
#49Parts of Speech
- Set · 1 questionDirections : Each of the following items features one part of a sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative.
- NDA · Sep 2024 · Q16Moderate
#50Sentence Completion
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