IMPROVEMENT OF SENTENCES
1046. The commo n fruitfly i s              1054. Despite his father’s financial         1060. When in doubt check it up with
      technically called as “drosophila”           assistance he was always hard                a good dictionary.
      (1) called                                   on.                                          (1) check it up in
      (2) known by                                 (1) hard in                                  (2) check it in
      (3) known as                                 (2) hard up                                  (3) check it with
      (4) No improvement                           (3) hard out                                 (4) No improvement
1047. Give the tickets to whomever                 (4) No improvement                    1061. At the present rate of exchange,
      comes first.                                 Directions (1055–1059) : In                  fourteen dozen cost Rs. 3000.
      (1) whoever                           each of the following questions, a                  (1) dozen costs
      (2) whichever                         sentence/ a part of the sentence is                 (2) dozens cost
      (3) whatever                          printed in bold. Four alternatives are              (3) dozens costs
      (4) No improvement                    given to the bold part which will
                                                                                                (4) No improvement
1048. Though very young, she has a          improve the sentence. Choose the
                                                                                         1062. Can you believe this is the
      sense of flying high.                 correct alternative corresponding to it.
                                                                                                same old and the dilapidated
                                            In case no improvement is needed,
      (1) imagery                                                                               house I had bought last year?
                                            choose No improvement.
      (2) imaginary                                                                             (1) Can you not believe this is
                                                                 (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
      (3) imagination                                     Exam. 04.09.2016 (Ist sitting)            the same old and the
      (4) No improvement                    1055. The Chairman’s harsh words                        dilapidated house that I buy
1049. The greatest thing in the style              like insult to injury to the                     last year?
      of writing or speaking, is to have           embarrassed speaker.                         (2) Can you believe this is the
      a use of metaphor.                           (1) added                                        same old and the same
      (1) knowledge                                (2) evoked                                       dilapidated house I have
      (2) command                                  (3) invoked                                      bought last year?
      (3) need                                     (4) No improvement                           (3) Can you believe this is the
      (4) No improvement                    1056. He is in of sorts today.                          same old and dilapidated
      Directions (1050–1054) : In                  (1) out                                          house I had bought last year?
each of the following questions, a                 (2) on                                       (4) No improvement
sentence/a part of the sentence is                 (3) outside                           1063. If the sky is overcast, I take my
printed in bold. Four alternatives are             (4) No improvement                           umbrella with me.
given to the bold part which will           1057. She told to me the news.                      (1) When
improve the sentence. Choose the                   (1) said me                                  (2) Unless
correct alternative. In case no                    (2) said to me                               (3) Whenever
improvement is needed, choose No                   (3) told me                                  (4) No improvement
improvement.                                       (4) No improvement                    1064. The artist claims to have royal
                    (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)   1058. The philanthropist bestowed a                 blood in his veins.
             Exam. 03.09.2016 (Ist sitting)        lakh to the orphanage.
1050. Do you have some sugar?                                                                   (1) hand
                                                   (1) granted
      (1) any sugar                                                                             (2) head
                                                   (2) parted with
      (2) little sugar                             (3) donated                                  (3) forehead
      (3) small sugar                              (4) No improvement                           (4) No improvement
      (4) No improvement                    1059. There are a better ways of                    Directions (1065 – 1069) : In
1051. Iago lied to Othello about his               solving the problem.                  each of the following questions, a
      wife.                                        (1) There are different ways of       sentence/ a part of the sentence is
                                                        solving a problem.               printed in bold. Four alternatives are
      (1) lay           (2) laid
                                                   (2) There is a better way of          given to the bold part which will
      (3) lain
                                                        looking at the problem.          improve the sentence. Choose the
      (4) No improvement
                                                   (3) There are better ways of          correct alternative corresponding to it.
1052. It is not possible to tell the entire                                              In case no improvement is needed,
      story in nutshell.                                solving the problem.
                                                   (4) No improvement                    choose No improvement.
      (1) in a nutshell                                                                                      (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
      (2) in the nut                               Directions (1060 – 1064) : In
                                                                                                      Exam. 07.09.2016 (Ist sitting)
                                            each of the following questions, a
      (3) in a shell                                                                     1065. Knowing that the area was
                                            sentence/ a part of the sentence is
      (4) No improvement                                                                        prone to earthquakes, all the
                                            printed in bold. Four alternatives are
1053. It is all but same to me whether      given to the bold part which will                   buildings were reinforced with
      I am transferred to Mumbai or         improve the sentence. Choose the                    additional concrete.
      Kolkata.                              correct alternative corresponding to it.            (1) On     being    prone         to
      (1) all or same                       In case no improvement is needed,                       earthquakes,
      (2) all the same                      choose No improvement.                              (2) Having been knowing that
      (3) all one                                                (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)              the area was prone to
      (4) No improvement                                 Exam. 06.09.2016 (Ist Sitting)             earthquakes,
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