Improvement of Sentences Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Mr. Pramod couldn’t wait to trying out his new recipe.
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64635042c899b466f44b8864- 1waited to try outfalse
- 2wait for try outfalse
- 3waited to tryfalse
- 4wait to try outtrue
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Answer : 4. "wait to try out"
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.
In 2016, rising (A) violence in Pathankot (B) by Islamic militants culminated (C) in attacks on Indian forces at Uri and Kashmir (D).
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64ec8d8013af0928f84f8716- 1Both A-C and B-Dfalse
- 2Both A-D and B-Cfalse
- 3Only B-Dtrue
- 4C-Dfalse
- 5The sentence is correct.false
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Answer : 3. "Only B-D"
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 wedding received extensive welcoming in the newspapers.
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64d9cdf4ebd5c374728a018e- 1accountsfalse
- 2criticfalse
- 3coveragetrue
- 4huntfalse
- 5No replacement requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "coverage"
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’.
Ariel was convinced that something fishy is going up behind his back.
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64c8e2e13fde307e3f4f67a8- 1No substitution requiredfalse
- 2was going ontrue
- 3goes onfalse
- 4was going upfalse
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Answer : 2. "was going on"
Explanation :
The correct sentence should be:
Ariel was convinced that something fishy was going on behind his back.
Explanation: The verb tense in the reported speech should be consistent, so "is going" should be changed to "was going." Additionally, the preposition "on" should be replaced with "behind" for the sentence to convey the intended meaning.
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.
Washing your hands at regular intervals could be the most effective method to staying healthy and protecting yourself from various ailments.
(I) is the most effective way of staying
(II) can be the most effective way to stay
(III) has the effective effect to stay
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64f5ccf918913c5bfc7f3ad7(II) can be the most effective way to stay
(III) has the effective effect to stay
- 1Only (I) is correcttrue
- 2Only (II) is correctfalse
- 3Both (I) and (III) are correctfalse
- 4All 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. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
My uncle is doing business in Hyderabad for the last 10 years.
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6462148b4f2cce9843373a0aMy uncle is doing business in Hyderabad for the last 10 years.
- 1has been doingtrue
- 2No substitution requiredfalse
- 3didfalse
- 4doingfalse
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Answer : 1. "has been doing"
Q:Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
I find playing chess to be difficult than playing poker.
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6462275bc899b466f448beaa- 1to be more difficulttrue
- 2to be lesser difficultfalse
- 3to be most difficultfalse
- 4to be same difficultfalse
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Answer : 1. "to be more difficult"
Q: Q.56 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined part in the given sentence.
Her writing is very ilegible and so she loses marks in her exam.
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64621418cdae930acb76c766Her writing is very ilegible and so she loses marks in her exam.
- 1illeggiblefalse
- 2illegibelfalse
- 3illegibletrue
- 4illegalfalse
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