Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Directions (55): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark “No Error” as your answer.
It is very critical that we don’t bury our heads in them sand and pretend that there is no job crisis but only some wage crisis, induced by labour market distortions.
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5d75dee65897383a2782b7e6It is very critical that we don’t bury our heads in them sand and pretend that there is no job crisis but only some wage crisis, induced by labour market distortions.
- 1bury our heads into them sand and pretendfalse
- 2bury our headed in the sand and pretendfalse
- 3bury our heads in the sand and pretendtrue
- 4bury our headed into the sand and pretendfalse
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "bury our heads in the sand and pretend"
Q: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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5ea6bf818127c42fd38d621e- 1handful to mouthful existencefalse
- 2hand to mouth existencetrue
- 3handing for mouthful existingfalse
- 4hand and mouth existfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "hand to mouth existence"
Q: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 ) .
Many a man would welcome to opportunity
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5e269845301d877fadb35ec9- 1Many manfalse
- 2A many manfalse
- 3Many a menfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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Answer : 4. "No improvement "
Q: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 ) .
He behaves as if he is the supreme leader.
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5fa4fefec21c860b9733dced- 1as he isfalse
- 2as if he weretrue
- 3as if he wasfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "as if he were"
Q:Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Edward II is tragic than some other plays by the dramatist.
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6495726c4e0960e0547b05c5- 1as least tragic asfalse
- 2No substitution requiredfalse
- 3the most tragicfalse
- 4less tragic thantrue
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Answer : 4. "less tragic than"
Q: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 ) .
Bonded labour has been now almost a thing of the past.
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5ddca54f874e270a9a37fb77- 1had beenfalse
- 2istrue
- 3wasfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "is"
Q: Directions: In the question given below, a part of the sentence is highlighted. Below are given alternatives to the highlighted part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
Scarcely had he left when his friend came.
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603768fb24cd273bc4f51482Scarcely had he left when his friend came.
- 1He had left scarcelyfalse
- 2He scarcely had leftfalse
- 3He had scarcely leftfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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Answer : 4. "No improvement "
Q: 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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5e85be1c5ff0513fc6035314They dissuaded me of visiting the War Memorial but I really wanted to see it.
- 1of visitfalse
- 2No improvementfalse
- 3from visitingtrue
- 4to visitingfalse
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