Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 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 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 that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
The authorities areassured the people that they will look into the matter.
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6482f2b1a33e0f47b7799b02- 1have assuredtrue
- 2have been assuredfalse
- 3No substitution requiredfalse
- 4has assuredfalse
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Answer : 1. "have assured"
Q:Directions: In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it then select option (e) as your choice.
Tariffs (A) has imported (B) higher China (C) on 603 items imposed (D) from the US.
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64ec8c3e2bbb242750d1b46c- 1Only A-Bfalse
- 2Only B-Cfalse
- 3Both A-B and B-Dfalse
- 4Both A-C and B-Dtrue
- 5The sentence is correct.false
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Answer : 4. "Both A-C and B-D"
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
I work hardly too earn bread and butter for my family.
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64243d3e7ac9a186e4d95deeI work hardly too earn bread and butter for my family.
- 1work hardest toofalse
- 2work hard totrue
- 3No improvement requiredfalse
- 4works hardly tofalse
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Answer : 2. "work hard to "
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: In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the alternative that indicates 'No improvement'.
Although both the United States and China are formidable world powers, India should side with the later.
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64d4cda980ef1e74b4d3f05c- 1India should side along the laterfalse
- 2India should side with the lattertrue
- 3India should side along the latterfalse
- 4India should be siding with the laterfalse
- 5No Improvementfalse
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