IMPROVEMENT OF SENTENCES
657. John has been detained at a          tence. Choose the correct alternative.        670. More than 60% of India’s popu-
      meeting.                            In case no improvement is needed, your               lation live under the poverty
      (1) by the meeting                  answer is (4).                                       line.
      (2) in meeting                                    (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC             (1) live by the poverty line
      (3) on a meeting                              Exam. 02.11.2014, Patna Region :           (2) live below poverty line
                                                                           Ist Sitting)        (3) live beside the poverty line
      (4) No improvement
                                          664. Hitler was an absolute potentate.               (4) No improvement
658. The butler was as devoted as a
                                                 (1) dictator (2) militant              671. Only me I can solve the prob-
      faithful dog.
                                                 (3) ruler      (4) No improvement             lem.
      (1) a faithful cat
                                          665. Having completion of the                        (1) Only me can
      (2) a faithful friend
                                                 course, the students left college             (2) Only I can
      (3) a faithful pet                                                                       (3) I can only
      (4) No improvement                         (1) On completion of
                                                                                               (4) No improvement
659. The government representative               (2) In order to complete
                                                                                        672. They congratulated me for my vic-
      furnished the reporters all de-            (3) Down the completion                       tory in the debate competition.
      tails.                                     (4) No improvement                            (1) about      (2) at
      (1) provided the reporters all      666. Will you please give me a warm                  (3) on         (4) No improvement
          details                                glass of water ?                       673. When the little girl losses her
      (2) furnished the reporters with           (1) Will you please give me a glass           doll, she began to cry.
          all the details                             of warm water ?                          (1) losing her doll
      (3) furnished reporters all details        (2) Will you please give I a warm             (2) loss her doll
      (4) No improvement                              glass of water ?                         (3) lost her doll
660. It was raining so heavily yester-           (3) Would you please give I a                 (4) No improvement
      day that I could not move out                   warm glass of water ?                   Directions (674 – 678) : In each
      for my usual walk.                                                                of the following questions, a part of the
                                                 (4) No improvement
      (1) I could not go out for my usual                                               sentence is printed in bold. Below are
                                          667. Boil the potatoes and then crush         given alternatives to the bold part at
          walk                                   it until soft.                         (1), (2), (3) which may improve the sen-
      (2) I could not go to my usual             (1) smash it (2) knead it              tence. Choose the correct alternative.
          walk
                                                 (3) mash it (4) No improvement         In case no improvement is needed your
      (3) I could not move for my usual                                                 answer is (4).
                                          668. They presented him a beautiful
          walk                                                                                        (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
                                                 expensive designer gold pen.
      (4) No improvement                                                                                          Exam. 09.11.2014)
                                                 (1) an expensive designer beau-
661. There is an error in grammar in                                                    674. She did not like the movie, nor I
                                                      tiful gold
      this sentence.                                                                           did.
      (1) a written error                        (2) a beautiful gold expensive de-            (1) nor did I.
                                                      signer                                   (2) nor I like it
      (2) a grammatical error
                                                 (3) a designer gold beautiful ex-             (3) nor did I like it.
      (3) a grammar error
                                                      pensive                                  (4) No improvement
      (4) No improvement
                                                 (4) No improvement                     675. Old habits die hardly.
662. He denied that he had not
      forged my signature.                       Directions (669-673) : In each                (1) hard
      (1) would not forge                 of the following questions, a part of the            (2) too hard
                                          sentence is printed in bold. Below are               (3) much hardly
      (2) did not forge
                                          given alternatives to the bold part at               (4) No improvement
      (3) had forged
                                          (1), (2), (3) which may improve the sen-      676. One cannot be indifferent to one’s
      (4) No improvement
                                          tence. Choose the correct alternative.               health, can’t one
663. To his astonishment and admi-        In case no improvement is needed                     (1) can’t be ?
      ration he got the information       your answer is (4).                                  (2) can one ?
      that it was only the picture of a
                                                        (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC             (3) isn’t it ?
      curtain.
                                                       Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting)         (4) No improvement
      (1) found                                                                         677. The mother with her children
                                          669. I brushed my teeth every day
      (2) received the information               at 7 o’clock in the morning.                  were expected.
      (3) saw clearly                                                                          (1) was        (2) will
                                                 (1) I brushes my teeth every day
      (4) No improvement                              at 7 o’clock in the morning              (3) have       (4) No improvement
     Directions (664-668) : In the fol-                                                 678. Sohan is pleased at the news
                                                 (2) I brush my teeth every day at
lowing questions, a sentence/part of                                                           yesterday.
                                                      7 o’clock in the morning
the sentence is printed in bold. Below                                                         (1) has been pleased
                                                 (3) I brush my tooth every day
are given alternatives to the bold sen-                                                        (2) had been pleased
                                                      at 7 o’clock in the morning
tence/part of the sentence at (1), (2)                                                         (3) was pleased
and (3) which may improve the sen-               (4) No improvement
                                                                                               (4) No improvement
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