TOPIC: Sentence Improvement
Directions
(1-15): 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.
Q1. We have to think what kind of society
we are becoming. It is our collecting
responsibility to ensure such a thing does not happen to any girl or woman.
(I) our
collective responsibility to ensure
(II)
our
collection responsibility to ensured
(III)
our collected responsibility to ensuring
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (I)&(III)
(e) No correction required
Q2. Recently one child became the target of
a heinous and barbaric crime, which nobody
could ever imagined.
(I)
nobody can
never imagine
(II)
none can
ever imagine
(III)
nobody could ever imagine
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q3. It has created an impression in the
minds of the general public that corruption and other forms of malpractices are adversely affects one of the most
popular sports played in India.
(I)
have
adversely affect
(II)
are
adversely affecting
(III)
are adverse affected
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II)&(III)
(e) No correction required
Q4. The
decision is taking politically and we returned all the security guards to
the government today.
(I)
The
decision was taken politically
(II)
The
decision is taken politically
(III)
The decision will be taken politically
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q5. The two sides also signing a statement of shared values, emphasising support for
a global outlook and commitment to a rules-based international system.
(I)
also signed
a statement of
(II)
also signs
a statement of
(III)
also sign a statement in
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (I)&(II)
(e) No correction required
Q6. Ordinary mortals who sign a book
contract with an Indian publisher would
be satisfied with an advance that doesn’t seem like an outright insult.
(I)
would
satisfying with
(II)
would
satisfy to
(III)
would satisfies with
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II)&(III)
(e) No correction required
Q7. He also pulled her down and made her falls on the ground, in which
she sustained bruises.
(I)
made her
fall to the ground
(II)
makes her
falling on the ground
(III)
made her fall on the ground
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (I)&(III)
(e) No correction required
Q8. Vineet
have been involved in a romantic affair with the elder sister for a while
but she had gradually started distancing herself from him.
(I)
Vineet has
been involved at a romantic affair
(II)
Vineet had
been involved in a romantic affair
(III)
Vineet had been involving in a romantic affair
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q9. The investigating agencies face a
credibility crisis, and how public faith in their impartiality can restored is something the country
ought to worry about now.
(I)
can be
restored is something
(II)
could be
restore to something
(III)
can be restoring in something
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (I)&(III)
(e) No correction required
Q10. At the same time, it blamed the shortages on logistical
issues of replenishing ATMs and said it is moving more cash to regions that
witnessed high cash withdrawals.
(I)
it blames
the shortages in logistical issues
(II)
it is
blaming shortages to logistical issues
(III)
it blames short of logistical issues
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q11. There could be some truth in these
explanations, but the genesis of the current cash crisis is firmly root in the lack of system-wide thinking that
went into the Centre’s big-bang note ban gambit.
(I)
cash crisis
is firmly rooted in the lack
(II)
cash crisis
is firmly rooted to the lack
(III)
cash crisis was firmly rooting in the lack
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (I)&(III)
(e) No correction required
Q12. But it is important to separate
short-term volatility in oil prices is
owing to geopolitical tensions from
longer-term trends in the oil market.
(I)
was own to
geopolitical tensions
(II)
owing with
geopolitical tensions
(III)
owing to geopolitical tensions
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q13. In the current situation, it appears that the government has only tie
itself up in knots over the petroleum pricing policy, and with it, its
reformist credentials.
(I)
it appeared
that the government will only tied
(II)
it appears
that the government has only tied
(III)
it appearing that the government has only tied
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II)&(III)
(e) No correction required
Q14. The long-term challenge is to made the most of the rainfall
that India gets, ranging from a few hundred millimetres or less in the
northwest to more than a few thousand millimetres elsewhere.
(I)
was to make
the most of the rainfall
(II)
is to making
most of the rainfall
(III)
is to make the most of the rainfall
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (I)&(III)
(e) No correction required
Q15. For the Commission, it is more critical to ensure that
resources reach those who need them the most and that the genuinely needy are
not deprived, wherever they may be.
(I)
it is most
critical to ensure that
(II)
it was more
critical to ensure that
(III)
it is
much more critical to ensure that
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
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Solutions
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘our
collective responsibility to ensure’- The given statement is about
responsibility which should be preceded by an adjective rather than a verb i.e.
‘collective’
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘nobody
could ever imagine’- as ‘nobody’
is itself a negative pronoun so it shouldn’t be followed by the ‘never’. Moreover, modal is always
followed by the first form of verb.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘are
adversely affecting’– Since, the subject is ‘forms’ which is plural, it should then be followed by the plural
verb .i.e. ‘are’. Moreover, the
context of the latter part of the statement is in continuous tense. Thus, ‘affecting’ is the best suited
alternative here.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘The
decision is taken politically’- as the latter part of the sentence is in
simple past, so the preceding part should be in simple present tense.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘also
signed a statement of/ also signs a statement of’- both given alternatives
are the suitable which are grammatically correct and make a meaningful sense.
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. No
correction required
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘made
her fall on the ground’- is grammatically correct sentence here as the
whole sentence is in past form of tense.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Vineet
had been involved in a romantic affair’- as the further part of the
statement is in past perfect tense, therefore, it should be preceded with the
same.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘can
be restored is something’- best fits here as this option is purely
grammatically correct and makes a meaningful sense.
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. No
correction required
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘cash
crisis is firmly rooted in the lack’- the bold part of the sentence needs a
correction as it is passive form which should be like helping verb in its first
form along with the main verb in its third form.
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘owing
to geopolitical tensions’- ‘owing to’ is a phrase which should be used in
its original form.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘it
appears that the government has only tied’- is the only grammatically
correct option.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘is
to make the most of the rainfall/ was to make the most of the rainfall’- both
are correct either used in present form or in past
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. No
correction required
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