Improvement of Sentences Questions and Answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: In each of the questions given below a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative that can replace the given bold part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.
Economist Deena Khatkhate, who will pass away at the age of 92 on September 15 in Bethesda, Maryland, in the US, was an unusual man.
(i) who passed away
(ii) who shall passed away
(iii) who has passed away
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64ec84b8d928d8b716227efb(ii) who shall passed away
(iii) who has passed away
- 1Only (ii)false
- 2Both (i) and (iii)true
- 3Both (ii) and (iii)false
- 4Only (iii)false
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "Both (i) and (iii) "
Q: Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
I guessed her feelings when she started crying.
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6458e1e8613f9f6e33238a35- 1estimated her emotionstrue
- 2estimated her rejoindersfalse
- 3estimated her reactionsfalse
- 4estimated her ripostesfalse
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Answer : 1. "estimated her emotions"
Q: Kalidasa was a greater classical Sanskrit poet of India.
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63087e511ff92f3f9e737ef6- 1No improvementfalse
- 2was a great classicaltrue
- 3was the greater classicfalse
- 4was a greatest classicalfalse
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Answer : 2. "was a great classical"
Q:Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
"I am the only man in the world who (can) paint a picture so true to life," he said.
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62dfb24c313eb40eb8a5178a- 1willfalse
- 2couldfalse
- 3mayfalse
- 4no improvementtrue
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Answer : 4. "no improvement"
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
Martin Luther 'translated' the Bible into German.
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632b174b751e5310a5c2f3ab- 1Translatefalse
- 2Translatingfalse
- 3Have Translatedfalse
- 4No improvementtrue
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Answer : 4. "No improvement"
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.
NATO ally world (A) leads the Turkey (B) in the journalists (C) of number (D) jailed.
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64ec8d2d4a145f0934e93989- 1A-B and C-Dtrue
- 2Only B-Cfalse
- 3A-C and B-Dfalse
- 4A-Dfalse
- 5The sentence is correct.false
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Answer : 1. "A-B and C-D"
Q: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Rajan is having three brothers and three sisters.
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647ef73ae72c4684a1e14291Rajan is having three brothers and three sisters.
- 1Rajan has been havingfalse
- 2Rajan hastrue
- 3Rajan was havingfalse
- 4Rajan havingfalse
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Answer : 2. "Rajan has"
Explanation :
The correct sentence is:
Rajan has three brothers and three sisters.
Explanation: The verb "has" is the correct form to use with the pronoun "Rajan." The original sentence, "Rajan is having," is not grammatically incorrect but sounds less natural in this context. Using "has" makes the sentence sound more standard and common in English.
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
After a 'period for imprisonment' she renounced terrorism.
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632b1822751e5310a5c2f726- 1Period of imprisonmenttrue
- 2Period out imprisonmentfalse
- 3Period about imprisonmentfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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