Question

Neither Sam nor Ram ____________ present.

• A. is
• B. am
• C. was
• D. none of these

Answer 1

Answer:

A. is

When we use Neither … nor, the verb agrees with the nearest subject.
Here the nearest subject is Ram (singular), so we use is.

✔ Structure:
Neither A nor B → verb agrees with B

Examples:

• Neither Ram nor Shyam is here.

• Neither the boys nor the girl is ready.

• Neither the teacher nor the students are present.

❌ am → used with I
❌ was → past tense (sentence is present)
❌ none → wrong