IMPROVEMENT OF SENTENCES
tence, are given at (1), (2), and (3).     104. The watchman was on alert all            114. I complimented Raju for his pro-
Choose the appropriate alternative. In            night.                                       motion.
case no improvement is needed, mark               (1) was on the alert                        (1) with        (2) on
(4) as your answer.                               (2) was off the alert                       (3) about       (4) no improvement
          (SSC Tax Assistant (IncomeTax &         (3) was alert                          115. The food tastes deliciously.
         Central Excise) Exam. 12.11.2006)        (4) No improvement.                         (1) delicacy (2) delicious
 96. She has slept for eight hours last    105. Rice is to the Japanese while po-             (3) badly       (4) No improvement
       night.                                     tatoes are to many Europeans           116. I have seen much of the plays of
      (1) slept                                  (1) which       (2) that                      Shakespeare acted.
      (2) had slept                              (3) what        (4) No improvement.          (1) a few       (2) many
      (3) has been sleeping                106. It’s a long time since you didn’t             (3) most        (4) No improvement
      (4) No improvement                          come to see me.                        117. I have bought this house in 1970
 97. I have seen the film and she also           (1) came to (2) came not                      for Rs. two lakhs.
                                                 (3) come to (4) No improvement.               (1) had bought
       has .
                                           107. He comes here often, don’t he?                 (2) bought
      (1) has also (2) has too
                                                  (1) is he?                                   (3) have been bought
      (3) too has (4) No improvement              (2) does he?                                 (4) No improvement
 98. He is in want of a reliable ser-             (3) doesn’t he?                        118. The child died from jaundice.
       vant.                                      (4) No improvement.                         (1) with        (2) of
      (1) refused (2) needs                108. She did not like the movie, nor I             (3) by          (4) No improvement
      (3) declined (4) No improvement             did.
                                                                                         119. I will phone you after I shall ar-
 99. He was rejected because he was               (1) nor did I.
                                                                                               rive.
       too young.                                 (2) nor I liked it.
                                                                                               (1) after I shall have arrived
      (1) so         (2) hence                    (3) nor I like it.
                                                                                               (2) after I arrive
                                                  (4) No improvement.
      (3) though     (4) No improvement                                                        (3) after I arrived
                                           109. The Victorian Era noted the end
100. I hope that I shall get a First                                                           (4) No improvement
                                                  of human dependence on religion.
       Class.                                    (1) marked (2) showed                   120. It’s high time you come to a deci-
      (1) I feel that                            (3) indicated (4) No improvement.             sion.
      (2) I hope                           110. The enemy, beaten at every                    (1) came
      (3) I am doing                              point, fled from the field.                 (2) had come
      (4) No improvement                          (1) having been beaten                      (3) have come
       Directions (101-110) : In the fol-         (2) was beaten                              (4) No improvement
lowing questions, part of the sentence            (3) to be beaten                             Directions (121-125) : A part of
is in bold. Below are given alternatives          (4) No improvement                     the sentence is bold. Below are given
to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which       Directions (111 – 120) : In the         alternatives to the bold part at (1) , (2)
                                           following questions, a part of the sen-       and (3) which may improve the sen-
may improve the sentence. Choose the
                                           tence is printed in bold. Below are           tence. Choose the correct alternative.
correct alternative. In case no improve-
                                           given alternatives to the bold part as        In case no improvement is needed,
ment is needed, your answer is (4).                                                      your answer is (4).
                                           (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the
   (SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit) sentence. Choose the correct alterna-                       (SSC Statistical Investigators
                         Exam. 26.11.2006) tive. In case no improvement is needed,                      Grade-IV Exam. 24.06.2007)
101. While crossing the road, a snake      your answer is (4).                           121. Can this machine be adopted in
       was seen.                                            (SSC Section Officer (Audit)       farm work.
       (1) a snake was moving.                                       Exam. 10.12.2006)        (1) by          (2) into
       (2) he saw a snake.                 111. She teaches us grammar, isn’t it ?            (3) for         (4) No improvement
       (3) a snake was observed.                  (1) isn’t she ?                        122. The driver was dazzled by the
       (4) No improvement.                        (2) doesn’t she ?                            bright light of approaching car.
                                                  (3) doesn’t it ?                            (1) twinkled (2) flashed
102. 1f you have studied hard, you
                                                  (4) No improvement                          (3) glowed      (4) No improvement
       would have got a first class.
                                           112.The struggle for independence is          123. What does it matter most is the
       (1) If you studied hard.                   gaining movement every day.                  quality of the goods that we re-
       (2) If you had studied hard.               (1) motion                                   quire.
       (3) If you would study hard.               (2) movement                                 (1) What it matters more
       (4) No improvement.                        (3) momentum                                 (2) What does it matter more
103. The new Sultan has been able to              (4) No improvement                           (3) What matters most
       bear up all opposition.             113. She is quite without affection and             (4) No improvement
       (1) bear off                               has no false pride.
                                                                                         124. You called on me when I was not
       (2) bear down                              (1) admiration
                                                                                               at home, don’t you ?
                                                  (2) affliction
       (3) bear out                                                                           (1) did you ? (2) didn’t you ?
                                                  (3) affectation
       (4) No improvement.                                                                    (3) didn’t I ? (4) No improvement
                                                  (4) No improvement
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