Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
Major hubs of the information technology industry is the Silicon Valley of Central California.
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643513182b960e1a41a8518bMajor hubs of the information technology industry is the Silicon Valley of Central California.
- 1No improvement requiredfalse
- 2A major hub oftrue
- 3Major hub byfalse
- 4The majors hub offalse
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Answer : 2. "A major hub of "
Q:Direction: In the given question, a word has been printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened word have been given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the five given options. In case the given sentence is correct as it is, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No replacement required".
The modern publishing industry is dominated by a small number of large companies that have abandoned on more or less the same business model for decades
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64d9ce69462ecdc3adab83b5- 1frownedfalse
- 2reliedtrue
- 3caughtfalse
- 4influencedfalse
- 5No replacement requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "relied"
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.’
A tigress has given birth to a cub in the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, taking the big cat population to 78.
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6482f407f4063d472f37226d- 1no substitution requiredtrue
- 2is given birthsfalse
- 3was birthedfalse
- 4has give birthfalse
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Answer : 1. "no substitution required"
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’.
A hole is in my pocket.
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64cba4e7b6a5e472e27bdb55- 1A hole are therefalse
- 2A hole there isfalse
- 3There is a holetrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "There is a hole"
Explanation :
An adverb is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, etc. The adverb 'there' is used to introduce the subject of a sentence, especially before the verbs be, seem, and appear. Example: There seemed to be a problem with finding a date for the meeting. Hence in the given underlined part of the sentence, the correct choice will be the 1st option i.e. There is a hole.
Q: Given below is a word, followed by three sentences that consist of that word. Identify the sentences(s) that best express(es) the meaning of the word.
Fellow
A. He seemed like a decent fellow.
B. He's a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
C. A member of staff was sacked for stealing from fellow employees.
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64d4cc38bd50dd8e2e11c5c7- 1Only Afalse
- 2Only Bfalse
- 3A and Bfalse
- 4A and Cfalse
- 5All of the abovetrue
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Answer : 5. "All of the above"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
The black sky 'was illuminated' by forked lightning.
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632ae25a4ada076be65cc78e- 1Was illuminatefalse
- 2Illuminatingfalse
- 3Have illuminatedfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"
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’.
I have been working with children before, so I know what to expect.
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64cce4dd42082e8c9b8db080- 1No improvementfalse
- 2have workedtrue
- 3am workingfalse
- 4workfalse
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Answer : 2. "have worked"
Explanation :
The underlined segment in the given sentence does not need improvement. It is already grammatically correct and conveys the intended meaning effectively:
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’.
On winter evenings, a haze of smog hang in Delhi.
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64c106fee2108a72394c9e26- 1hangs overtrue
- 2is hanging overfalse
- 3hangs upfalse
- 4No substitution requiredfalse
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Answer : 1. "hangs over"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
On winter evenings, a haze of smog hangs in Delhi.
Explanation: The verb "hangs" agrees with the singular subject "haze." In the original sentence, "hang" is incorrect in this context.