Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The new shop that opened last week are hardly sufficient stock of the products that it advertised about.
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647884d4d0c6d8fd08537a2fThe new shop that opened last week are hardly sufficient stock of the products that it advertised about.
- 1hardly hadn’tfalse
- 2hardly hadtrue
- 3hardly is havingfalse
- 4is hadfalse
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Answer : 2. "hardly had"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.
Many a person are unable of distinguish right from wrong.
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64cce1b89e9013486a979960- 1are unable tofalse
- 2are capable offalse
- 3is unable totrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "is unable to"
Explanation :
The correct sentence is:
Many a person is unable to distinguish right from wrong.
Explanation: "Many a person" is a singular phrase and should be followed by a singular verb, which is "is" in this case. Additionally, the preposition "of" should be replaced with "to," and the article "the" is needed before the noun "right."
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.
Every Open House we held since 2013 reaffirmed our belief that there is a need for human intervention to retain its trust and credibility over the age of anonymous communication.
(I)to retain trust and credibility in this age of
(II)to retaining trust and credibility ageing
(III)for retention of trust and credible age of
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64f5cab2e805c36ec0f02e7e(II)to retaining trust and credibility ageing
(III)for retention of trust and credible age of
- 1Only (I) is correcttrue
- 2Only (III) is correctfalse
- 3Both (I) and (II) are correctfalse
- 4Both (II) and (III) are correctfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "Only (I) is correct"
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’.
Jamnalal Bajaj was one of the few businessmen who incurred the wrath of the British for supporting the freedom movement.
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64c8e42f3fde307e3f4f696f- 1in support offalse
- 2supportingfalse
- 3No substitution requiredtrue
- 4to supportingfalse
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Answer : 3. "No substitution required"
Explanation :
The original sentence is grammatically correct and conveys its intended meaning effectively. There is no need for substitution or improvement in the underlined segment.
Q:Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence.
A dishonest employee plays fast with his boss.
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645a27a3131c83edd3e75935- 1plays stop and runfalse
- 2plays quick and slowfalse
- 3plays run and stopfalse
- 4plays fast and loosetrue
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Answer : 4. "plays fast and loose"
Q:Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
Suresh has only been working here since one month and he has already learnt the job.
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649036c8bf323e479ac5435b- 1here for one monthtrue
- 2here from one monthfalse
- 3No substitutionfalse
- 4here ever since one monthfalse
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Answer : 1. "here for one month"
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
I was look forward to helping you complete the project.
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645cc5e9cdae930acb6a8337I was look forward to helping you complete the project.
- 1look forward helpingfalse
- 2look forward to helpingtrue
- 3look forwarding to helpsfalse
- 4look forwarding to helpingfalse
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Answer : 2. "look forward to helping"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
Everyone in the fraternity has his own 'set in' prejudices.
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633187e45c208a6bf7019104- 1Set byfalse
- 2Set oftrue
- 3Set onfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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