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Vocabulary and Grammar PYQs (previous year questions) for XAT: Vocabulary and Grammar (Verbal and Logical Ability) had 38 questions across the 9 official XAT papers we tagged (2016–2024), and appeared in 9 of them. Asked in 9 of 9 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Fill in the Blanks, Error Spotting, Grammar Usage.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 9 of 9 years.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fill in the Blanks | 14 | 8 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Error Spotting | 5 | 5 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 |
| Grammar Usage | 3 | 3 | 2020, 2018, 2017 |
| Word Analogy | 3 | 3 | 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| Confusing Words | 2 | 2 | 2018, 2017 |
| Prepositions | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2022 |
| Punctuation | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2017 |
| Antonyms | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Articles | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conditional Sentences | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pronunciation | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tag Questions | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Word Meaning | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
How to practise Vocabulary and Grammar PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Vocabulary and Grammar questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.
XAT2024
- Q.50 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a sentence on authenticity and growth PDF
- Q.51 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a sentence on cities and how we judge others PDF
- Q.52 · MCQ · Error Spotting: Combination of all incorrect sentences PDF
- Q.53 · MCQ · Subject-Verb Agreement: Combination of all grammatically correct sentences PDF
XAT2023
- Q.4 · MCQ · Punctuation: Sentences on national talents with correct punctuation PDF
- Q.5 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a paragraph on oil painting and capital PDF
- Q.6 · MCQ · Prepositions: Option listing all correctly framed sentences PDF
- Q.7 · MCQ · Error Spotting: Option listing the incorrect sentences PDF
XAT2022
- Q.1 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a paragraph on free press and dictatorship PDF
- Q.2 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a paragraph on unplanned technologies PDF
- Q.3 · MCQ · Error Spotting: Grammatically correct sentences from a list of six PDF
- Q.4 · MCQ · Prepositions: Sentences with incorrect use of prepositions PDF
- Q.9 · MCQ · Conditional Sentences: Conditional sentences that are grammatically incorrect PDF
XAT2021
- Q.1 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a sentence on start-ups opening markets PDF
- Q.4 · MCQ · Tag Questions: Sentence that uses a wrong tag question PDF
- Q.5 · MCQ · Error Spotting: Grammatically correct sentences from a list of six PDF
- Q.6 · MCQ · Articles: Sentences with incorrect use of articles PDF
XAT2020
- Q.1 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a paragraph on trial and error in medicine PDF
- Q.2 · MCQ · Grammar Usage: Grammatically correct sentence using 'had better' PDF
- Q.3 · MCQ · Error Spotting: Identify grammatically incorrect sentences in a list PDF
- Q.4 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a paragraph on the brain as a map PDF
XAT2019
- Q.1 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose connectors for a sentence on horizontal stratification PDF
- Q.2 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a paragraph on the Myth of Sisyphus PDF
- Q.3 · MCQ · Antonyms: Closest antonym of a highlighted word in context PDF
- Q.5 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a paragraph on enhancing human memory PDF
- Q.23 · MCQ · Word Analogy: Pair not reflecting the relationship emendation : editor PDF
XAT2018
- Q.17 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a sentence on education payoff PDF
- Q.18 · MCQ · Confusing Words: Fill blanks with less/fewer and sometime/some time/sometimes PDF
- Q.19 · MCQ · Grammar Usage: Sentence with correct usage of underlined words PDF
- Q.26 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Choose words for a sentence on arguing with a boss PDF
XAT2017
- Q.5 · MCQ · Fill in the Blanks: Words that fit a paragraph on critics and popular films PDF
- Q.6 · MCQ · Grammar Usage: Grammatically correct sentence using 'not only ... but also' PDF
- Q.8 · MCQ · Punctuation: Which sentences on Chatterjee are correct in grammar and meaning PDF
- Q.11 · MCQ · Word Analogy: Pair related like grotesque and macabre PDF
- Q.12 · MCQ · Confusing Words: Fill blanks with affect or effect and correct stress PDF
XAT2016
Other Verbal and Logical Ability topics
- Reading Comprehension PYQs
- Critical Reasoning and Para-jumbles PYQs
- Poems and Literary Passages PYQs
FAQ
How many Vocabulary and Grammar questions come in XAT?
In the official papers we tagged: 4 in 2024, 4 in 2023, 5 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 4 in 2020, 5 in 2019, 4 in 2018, 5 in 2017 and 3 in 2016. That is 38 questions in all, about 16% of Verbal and Logical Ability.
Which Vocabulary and Grammar topics repeat in XAT?
Asked in the most papers: Fill in the Blanks, Error Spotting, Grammar Usage. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official XAT questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official XAT paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.