FPSC MCQs

'Since 2020' marks a starting point continuing to the present.
The present perfect is the standard tense for this duration.

The preparation was completed before the guests' arrival.
The past perfect shows this earlier completed past action.

In a 'there is/are' construction, the verb agrees with the following real subject.
'Reasons' is plural, so 'are' is correct.

The head noun of the subject is 'quality,' which is singular.
The plural noun in the prepositional phrase does not control agreement.

The expression 'more than one' normally takes a singular verb.
Therefore, 'has applied' is the standard form.

'Many a' is followed by a singular noun and a singular verb.
Thus, 'student makes' is correct.

'Police' is treated as a plural noun in standard English.
It therefore takes the plural verb 'are.'

When 'every' applies to coordinated singular nouns, the idea remains distributively singular.
Therefore, 'has' is correct.

'Information' is an uncountable singular noun.
Here 'none' means not any information, so 'is' is appropriate.

'Scissors' is a plural-form noun and takes a plural verb.
The correct expression is 'The scissors are.'

'Trousers' is grammatically plural even when referring to one item of clothing.
It therefore takes 'are.'

The phrase refers to one combined meal rather than two separate items.
A singular verb is therefore appropriate.