Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
It is raining, "isn't it"?
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63318e362ff7535af66cc6b3- 1Haven't itfalse
- 2Hasn't itfalse
- 3Weren't itfalse
- 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 substitution required’.
Of the two plans submitted by the architect, this is the one more likely to be accepted.
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6487070af4063d472f417a04- 1much likelyfalse
- 2No substitution requiredtrue
- 3most likelihoodfalse
- 4most likelyfalse
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Answer : 2. "No substitution required"
Q:Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
All the allegations levelled (over) the poor watchman were found to be baseless.
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62dfa966cbf2ed2bdbe04d7e- 1uponfalse
- 2offfalse
- 3againsttrue
- 4no improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "against"
Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
Men of skill and brain should be India’s most valuable treasures.
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5f3626c6efa02861bb1bea28- 1Propertyfalse
- 2geniusfalse
- 3exportfalse
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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 substitution required’.
There were ten children in the class, six of which was crying.
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64c2286296ae1f4842fee665- 1whose arefalse
- 2who wasfalse
- 3No substitution requiredfalse
- 4whom weretrue
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Answer : 4. "whom were"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
There were ten children in the class, six of whom were crying.
Explanation: In the original sentence, "which" is incorrect because it refers to things, not people. Instead, "whom" should be used to refer to the children, and the verb "was" should be corrected to "were" to agree with the plural subject "six children."
Q:Direction: Which of the following phrases (I), (II), and (III) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically 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 (e) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.
The “Hermit Kingdom” is increasingly isolating itself because of its nuclear ambition that threatens its neighbourhood and the world at large.
(I) isolated because of
(II) isolating themselves because of
(III) isolated themselves because of their
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64f5cc372bbb242750eb1011(II) isolating themselves because of
(III) isolated themselves because of their
- 1Only (I) is correctfalse
- 2Only (II) is correctfalse
- 3Only (III) is correctfalse
- 4Both (I) and (II) are correctfalse
- 5No correction requiredtrue
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Answer : 5. "No correction required"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
Suraj as well as his friends 'was' arrested.
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63318d401fdfd616ed8da0f7- 1Werefalse
- 2Were beingfalse
- 3Have beenfalse
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
According to the best available information, the facts 'are' true.
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632b17ea1656651c9e9c5445- 1Isfalse
- 2Hasfalse
- 3Has beenfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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