Grammar

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Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

The crystals were stored in a large, old, circular, metallic locker.

The crystals were stored in a circular, old, large, metallic locker.

The crystals were stored in a large, circular, old, metallic locker.

The crystals were stored in a metallic, old, circular, large locker.

✅ Correct Option: 3

NTA accepts the order "large, circular, old, metallic" in this sentence. Thus, the accepted sentence is:

"The crystals were stored in a large, circular, old, metallic locker."

So, as per NTA's official key, Option 3 is correct.

Note: Under the usual adjective-order rule, age often comes before shape, so Option 1 may also appear grammatically preferable. We are following NTA's official key.

2023: 7 June Shift 1

Choose the sentences with the correct use of prepositions in the following options.

(A) A few of the glaciers are expected to vanish by 2050.

(B) They never turned up their proposal.

(D) I am indebted for you regarding help.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

2026: 6 June Shift 1

Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words arranged sequentiallly:

I__________ now that his views on how to control pollution _____ worth listening to.

2023: 15 June Shift 3

Out of given options choose a word that can be used as an adjective as well as an adverb.

2023: 23 June Shift 3

Identify the type of adverb used in the following sentence:

I am much aliened to have it.

2023: 18 June Shift 1

Match List I with List II

Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals from in the sentences given in the list

LIST I	LIST II
A. _____ I go now?	I. shall
B. We _____ learn swimming	II. can
C. You _____ reach home before dark	III. should
D. We _____ discuss this matter tomorrow	IV. ought to

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 18 May Shift 1

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:

Although the research team travelled ________ into the submerged ruins of Alexandria than any previous expedition, they still failed to solve the enduring mystery of Cleopatra's tomb.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

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