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NDA & NA Fill in the Blanks Questions with Answers & Explanations

20 Fill in the Blanks questions from the Part A: English section of NDA & NA, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Try each question first, then tap Show answer to check. When you're ready, take the timed chapter-wise test to see your all-India rank.

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Question 1

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: She takes ____ her mother.

  1. Abefore
  2. Bwith
  3. Cafter
  4. Don
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Answer: (C) after "Take after" means to resemble a parent.
Question 2

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: One of my friends ____ a doctor.

  1. Ais
  2. Bwere
  3. Care
  4. Dhave been
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Answer: (A) is The subject is "one", which is singular.
Question 3

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: This is the ____ building in the city.

  1. Amost tall
  2. Btall
  3. Ctallest
  4. Dtaller
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Answer: (C) tallest Comparison among many takes the superlative degree.
Question 4

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: Hardly had he reached ____ it started raining.

  1. Athat
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cthan
  4. Dthen
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Answer: (B) when "Hardly … when" is the correct pair.
Question 5

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: Neither the teacher nor the students ____ present.

  1. Ahas been
  2. Bwere
  3. Cwas
  4. Dis
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Answer: (B) were With "neither…nor", the verb agrees with the nearer subject ("students").
Question 6

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: He was ____ tired to walk.

  1. Aso
  2. Bmuch
  3. Ctoo
  4. Dvery
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Answer: (C) too "Too … to" expresses excess that prevents an action.
Question 7

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: He insisted ____ paying the bill.

  1. Ain
  2. Bfor
  3. Cat
  4. Don
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Answer: (D) on The phrase is "insist on".
Question 8

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: He is fond ____ music.

  1. Aof
  2. Babout
  3. Cwith
  4. Dfor
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Answer: (A) of The phrase is "fond of".
Question 9

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: The furniture in this room ____ new.

  1. Awere
  2. Bhave been
  3. Care
  4. Dis
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Answer: (D) is "Furniture" is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
Question 10

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: Hardly had he reached ____ it started raining.

  1. Athen
  2. Bthan
  3. Cthat
  4. Dwhen
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Answer: (D) when "Hardly … when" is the correct pair.

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Question 11

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: He is ____ European.

  1. Ano article
  2. Bthe
  3. Can
  4. Da
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Answer: (D) a "European" begins with a "yoo" consonant sound, so "a" is used.
Question 12

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: He has ____ money left.

  1. Alittle
  2. Ba few
  3. Cfew
  4. Dmany
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Answer: (A) little "Money" is uncountable, so "little" is used.
Question 13

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: By the time we reached, the train ____ left.

  1. Ahas
  2. Bhave
  3. Cwas
  4. Dhad
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Answer: (D) had An action completed before another past action takes the past perfect.
Question 14

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: She is ____ honest woman.

  1. Athe
  2. Bno article
  3. Can
  4. Da
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Answer: (C) an "Honest" begins with a vowel sound, so "an" is used.
Question 15

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: I look forward to ____ you.

  1. Ahave met
  2. Bmet
  3. Cmeeting
  4. Dmeet
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Answer: (C) meeting "Look forward to" is followed by a gerund (-ing form).
Question 16

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: I have lived in Delhi ____ my childhood.

  1. Asince
  2. Bfor
  3. Cduring
  4. Dfrom
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Answer: (A) since "Since" marks the starting point in time.
Question 17

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: He is the ____ of the two brothers.

  1. Atallest
  2. Btaller
  3. Ctall
  4. Dmore tall
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Answer: (B) taller Comparison between two takes the comparative degree.
Question 18

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: He is fond ____ music.

  1. Awith
  2. Bfor
  3. Cabout
  4. Dof
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Answer: (D) of The phrase is "fond of".
Question 19

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: The book is ____ the table.

  1. Ainto
  2. Bin
  3. Cat
  4. Don
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Answer: (D) on Something resting on a surface takes "on".
Question 20

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: This is the ____ building in the city.

  1. Atall
  2. Bmost tall
  3. Ctaller
  4. Dtallest
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Answer: (D) tallest Comparison among many takes the superlative degree.

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