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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 1
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined sentence/part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

The clients are waiting outside since morning and will continue to wait until you meet them.

Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 1

‘have been waiting’ should be used as the process of waiting is still in process, thus, present continuous tense should be used.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 2
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined sentence/part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

He may have grown taller when i last saw him

Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 2

The sentence talks about a point of time i.e. the last time the person was seen hence, ‘since’ should be used.

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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 3
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined sentence/part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

While crossing the highway, a five year old child was knocked out by a passing car.

Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 3

‘knocked down’ should be used as it means to cause something or somebody to fall to the ground by striking or pushing.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 4
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined sentence/part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

During his long discourse, he did not touch that point.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 4

‘touch upon’ should be used as it is a phrasal verb.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 5
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

You shall have attended if the court had instructed you to do so.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 5

Here, the second clause is in the past tense, to maintain the temporal sequence, the first clause should be in future using the past form of ‘will’, however, the past participle of the main verb after 'would have' is required i.e ‘had’ which plays the role of the main verb.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 6
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

The relics of Greece over which such a great deal of evidence has been collected should be preserved.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 6

‘from which’ is best suited because the sentence talks about evidences that are collected from a source.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 7
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

When the beverage was ready, they drank possibly as much as they could.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 7

‘as much as they possibly could ’ is the correct structure; here, adjective should be followed by a verb.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 8
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

A citizen is expected to give allegiance to his country of origin.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 8

The correct word should be ‘loyalty’.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 9
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

We were with daggers drawn despite attempts to understand each other.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 9

‘At daggers drawn ’ is an idiom which means an argument between two people.

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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

His life is hanging with a thread.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 10

Hang by a thread/hair means: to be in great danger.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 11
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

After twenty years of exile, the prisoner was in the end of his tether.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 11

Be at the end of your tether means: to feel that you cannot deal with a difficult situation anymore because you are too tired and worried etc.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 12
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

Grandfather is often so tired that he drops into his armchair.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 12

No improvement

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 13
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

The court was forced to respect the profundity of the learned judge’s knowledge.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 13

No improvement.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 14
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

He has lost his nearly all many pets.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 14

‘nearly all his many pets’ is the correct usage.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 15
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

It took her a long time to get past her failure in the medical examination.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 15

‘Get over something’ means to accept an unpleasant fact or situation after dealing with it for a while.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 16
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

The boy wanted to ask his father for money, but waited for a propitious occasion.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 16

Propitious means likely to result in success.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 17
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

I did not agree with him, he appeared to be so bigoted for me to concur.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 17

‘too bigoted’ is the correct usage.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 18
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

As soon as she noticed the workmen, she asked them what they have been doing.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 18

‘had been doing’ should be used because the tense should be in past perfect continuous.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 19
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012]

He was asleep before the mother tucked him off.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 19

Tuck somebody in/up means: to make somebody feel comfortable in bed by pulling the covers up around them.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 20
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underliend part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

Sordid and sensational books tend to vitiate the public taste.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 20

‘Vitiate’ means to spoil; ‘Distort’ means to pull or twist and ‘Distract’ means to prevent someone from concentracting on something. ‘Distract’ fulfils the meaning of the sentence.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 21
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underliend part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

By studying AIDS has engaged many researchers in the last decade.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 21

‘The study of AIDS’ is the correct structure to start the sentence.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 22
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underliend part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

His Master's thesis was highly estimated and is now being prepared for publication.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 22

A thesis can’t be estimated i.e. calculated. ‘Commend’ means to praise formally or officially. ‘Commend’ suits the best as only after a formed appraisal, the thesis can be forwarded for publication.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 23
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underliend part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

No sooner had she realized her blunder than she began to take corrective measures.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 23

No improvement.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 24
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Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underliend part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012]

A good scholar must be precise and possess originality.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 24

‘precise and original’ is the correct usage.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 25
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence is given, a part of which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (a), (b) and (c) below which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011]

What do you for go to school?
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 25

‘What do you go to school for?’ is the correct structure of an interrogative sentence.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 26
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence is given, a part of which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (a), (b) and (c) below which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011]

He pleased the directors and this completed his report in good time.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 26

‘He completed his report in good time and this pleased the directors’ is the correct sentence.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 27
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence is given, a part of which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (a), (b) and (c) below which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011]

The courtiers used to tell the King how efficient an administrator he was all day long.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 27

‘The courtiers used to tell the King all day long how efficient an administrator he was’ is the correct structure.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 28
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence is given, a part of which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (a), (b) and (c) below which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011]

Every Saturday I go out for shopping.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 28

No improvement.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 29
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence is given, a part of which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (a), (b) and (c) below which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011]

We had a grand party and we enjoyed very much.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 29

‘We had a grand party and we enjoyed ourselves very much’ is the correct structure.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 30
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Directions: In the following questions, a sentence or Bold part thereof is given which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (a), (b) and (c) below, which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).  [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011]

He has for good left India.
Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Sentence Improvement - 9 - Question 30

‘He has left India for good’ is the correct structure.

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