GAT General (NTS) chapter 3: Verbal · Grammar and usage MCQs with answers
By Team Megalecture · Updated 4 Nov 2026
54 exam-style questions on Verbal · Grammar and usage, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.
Ten Verbal · Grammar and usage questions with answers
Try each one, then open the answer. These ten stay the same; the test draws new ones every time.
1. Which part of this sentence contains an error? Bilal is the more consistent of all the batsmen in the squad.
A
Bilal is
B
the more consistent
C
of all the batsmen
D
in the squad.
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Answer: B. The comparative 'more' is for two things. Among 'all the batsmen' (more than two) the superlative is needed: the most consistent.
2. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. The principal, as well as her deputies, ______ invited to the ceremony.
A
were
B
have been
C
was
D
are
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Answer: C. A phrase beginning 'as well as' does not change the number of the subject. The subject is 'the principal', singular: was invited.
3. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. The police ______ still looking for the driver who fled the scene.
A
is
B
was
C
has been
D
are
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Answer: D. 'Police' is a plural noun in English, so it takes a plural verb: the police are looking.
4. Choose the correct reported form of this speech. Sana said, "I am leaving for Multan tomorrow."
A
Sana said that I am leaving for Multan tomorrow.
B
Sana said that she is leaving for Multan the next day.
C
Sana said that she was leaving for Multan the next day.
D
Sana said that she had been leaving for Multan the following day.
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Answer: C. In reported speech after 'said', the pronoun changes (I → she), the tense moves back (am leaving → was leaving) and 'tomorrow' becomes 'the next day'. Option B changes the time word but not the tense.
5. Which part of this sentence contains an error? I look forward to meet you and your family next week.
A
I look forward
B
to meet you
C
and your family
D
next week.
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Answer: B. In 'look forward to', the 'to' is a preposition, so it is followed by an -ing form: look forward to meeting you.
6. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Karachi lies ______ the coast of the Arabian Sea.
A
on
B
in
C
at
D
over
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Answer: A. A place by the sea lies 'on the coast'. We say 'in the city' and 'at the port', but 'on' for a coast or a river bank.
7. Which part of this sentence contains an error? Being a hot day, we decided to go swimming in the canal.
A
Being a hot day,
B
we decided
C
to go swimming
D
in the canal.
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Answer: A. 'Being a hot day' has no subject of its own, so it attaches to 'we', as if we were a hot day. Correct: 'It being a hot day' or 'As it was a hot day'.
8. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. The accused was charged ______ theft but was later found not guilty.
A
for
B
with
C
of
D
by
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Answer: B. The legal idiom is 'charged with' a crime. 'Accused of' and 'convicted of' take 'of', which is the common mix-up.
9. Choose the clearest correct version of this sentence. In spite of the fact that it was raining heavily, the farmers continued to work in the fields.
A
Despite it was raining heavily, the farmers continued to work in the fields.
B
Although it was raining heavily, the farmers continued to work in the fields.
C
Although raining heavily, the farmers continued to work in the fields.
D
In spite of the fact that it was raining heavily, the farmers continued to work in the fields.
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Answer: B. 'Although' + clause says the same thing in four fewer words. 'Despite' cannot be followed by a clause (it needs a noun or -ing), and 'although raining' leaves the rain without a subject.
10. Which part of this sentence contains an error? The new manager is capable to handle any crisis calmly.
A
The new manager
B
is capable
C
to handle
D
any crisis calmly.
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Answer: C. 'Capable' takes 'of' + -ing: capable of handling. ('Able to handle' would be correct, which is the mix-up.)
Chapter test. Ten questions from Verbal · Grammar and usage, drawn fresh each time, about ten minutes.
Practice mode. The right answer and the explanation after every question, with no clock. Exam mode keeps the marks until the end and runs a timer.
Hints. One tap for a nudge, a second to remove two wrong options.
My mistakes. Every question you get wrong is kept, and leaves the list once you get it right.
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How many Verbal · Grammar and usage MCQs are there?
54, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 2 topics: Tenses, agreement and parts of speech, Sentence correction. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.
Is the GAT General (NTS) chapter 3 test free?
Yes. The test, the answers and the explanations are free and need no sign-up. Sign in only if you want your scores kept across devices.
How is the chapter test marked?
The moment you press Finish: your score, the right answer and an explanation for every question, and the ones you got wrong saved in My mistakes to retry.
