Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer

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Answer : 4. "Assign"
Explanation :

The word "consign" means put someone or something in (a place) in order to be rid of it or them and "assign" means designate or set (something) aside for a specific purpose. 

Therefore, "consign" can be replaced with "assign" in the sentence, without changing its meaning. 

Hence, 4 is the correct option.

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Answer : 3. "bury our heads in the sand and pretend"

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Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .

More than one person was killed in the accident.

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    were killed
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  • 2
    are killed
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    have been killed
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  • 4
    No improvement
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Answer : 1. "were killed "

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
They dissuaded me of visiting the War Memorial but I really wanted to see it.

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    of visit
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    No improvement
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    from visiting
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  • 4
    to visiting
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Answer : 3. "from visiting"

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Answer : 2. "obey"

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Answer : 3. "learnt"

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Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.

The poor Brahmin led a hand to mouthful existence and could use any job which paid him a little.

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    handful to mouthful existence
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    hand to mouth existence
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    handing for mouthful existing
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  • 4
    hand and mouth exist
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  • 5
    No correction required
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Answer : 2. "hand to mouth existence"

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Answer : 2. "is"

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