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Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 1

A sentence or a part of the sentence is highlighted. Four alternatives marked as (a), (b), (c) and (d) are given as substitutions for the highlighted part, one of which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the option “No improvement is required” i.e. (e).

According to officials, the department conducts a survey every year for details of that the pensioner is alive and stays in the city.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 1

In the highlighted phrase `of ‘ is wrong because `that’ links the additional info to the sentence. So it has to be replaced. This eliminates option e

Therefore, options b, c, d are wrong because `to’ is not followed by base form of verb.

Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 2

A sentence or a part of the sentence is highlighted. Four alternatives marked as (a), (b), (c) and (d) are given as substitutions for the highlighted part, one of which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the option “No improvement is required” i.e. (e).

She says that when experienced bikers heard what she was going to do, they ridiculed her and did not think it was possible to pull off.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 2

`that….pull off’ is the object of the verb `says’ in the main clause
`when’ is the conjunction for linking the clause `experienced bikers……going to do’ and `they ridiculed her and …….. pull off’. All the clauses are right. All the options a, b, c, d cannot grammatically replace the highlighted phrase.

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Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 3

A sentence or a part of the sentence is highlighted. Four alternatives marked as (a), (b), (c) and (d) are given as substitutions for the highlighted part, one of which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the option “No improvement is required” i.e. (e).

The manager has come and armed with three security personnel, which prompted Sharma to flee from the store.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 3

`armed with ……. Personnel’ is an adverbial. It has to be directly linked with verb come. So the highlighted phrase is wrong.

We do not have an option `has come armed with’

Option a) is wrong because a modal auxiliary has to be followed by basic form of verb.

c) is wrong because action indicated in the second part of the sentence which is in the past tense after the action in the first part. So first part should be in the past tense.

d) is wrong because it will make the first part in the future tense. Moreover the verb `arming’ will take its object without the preposition.

Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 4

A sentence or a part of the sentence is highlighted. Four alternatives marked as (a), (b), (c) and (d) are given as substitutions for the highlighted part, one of which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the option “No improvement is required” i.e. (e).

A truck driver whose vehicle was suffered damages in the subsequent incident said many motorists abandoned their vehicles because of the miscreants.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 4

The highlighted phrase is wrong makes vehicles as subject of the verb suffered in the passive voice.

a) is wrong because there is no linking verb for `suffering’. Moreover suffering is not used for inanimate things.

b) has no linking verb.

c) is in passive form but `been’ is missing after `has’.

Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 5

A sentence or a part of the sentence is highlighted. Four alternatives marked as (a), (b), (c) and (d) are given as substitutions for the highlighted part, one of which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the option “No improvement is required” i.e. (e).

The station is one of most congests in the city and caters to more than 300 trains and sees a footfall of more than three lakh each day.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 5

The highlighted phrase has an implied noun `places’. So we should have the adjective form `congested’. `most’ is superlative and should be preceded by the definite article.

Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 6

The commercial cases where evidence has not been concluded will be listed before the courts upon their conclusion.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 6

`evidence’ is singular and the highlighted phrase is correct.

Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 7

As an incentive, the regulator has decide to offers 20 per cent rebate to the complying industrial or commercial connections.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 7

The sentence is in the present perfect tense. Moreover, the infinitive form should be `to offer’. So the highlighted phrase is wrong. It should be `has decided to offer’

Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 8

After the tenders, the contractor will have to order the bearings, following which they were manufactured.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 8

The relative clause ` which they ….manufactured’ should be in the future tense as per the logical flow of sentence. So the highlighted phrase is wrong. It should be `will be manufactured’

Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 9

The Committee sought the presence of Public Works Department before it since the civic agency finally take over the project.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 9

The main clause `The Committee ……….. Department’ is in the past tense. The subordinate clause `since the civic … project’ can be in any tense as it is connected by a conjunction of reason.a) is in the correct form.

Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 10

Independent district-wise surveys too form part of exercise is to build in local narratives of the past to arrive at the larger picture.

Detailed Solution for Test: Sentence Improvement- 1 - Question 10

`to build ……….picture’ is an adjective clause qualifying the noun `exercise’. So in the highlighted phrase `is’ is wrongly used. Options a, b and d are grammatically wrong.

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