IMPROVEMENT OF SENTENCES
1158. The police booked a case against           (3) took the papers                         (1) giving
       the taxi driver for wrong parking.        (4) No improvement                          (2) passing
       (1) restricted                            Directions (1166-1170) : In                 (3) donating
       (2) wrote                          each of the following questions, a                 (4) No improvement
       (3) filed                          sentence/a part of the sentence is          1172. She angrily broke up the letter.
       (4) No Improvement                 printed in bold. Four alternatives are             (1) tore up
1159. One of our students originates      given to the bold part which will                  (2) break in
       from Leh.                          improve the sentence. Choose the                   (3) teared up
       (1) comes                          correct alternative corresponding to it.           (4) No improvement
                                          In case no improvement is needed,           1173. They told me that they had build
       (2) origins
                                          choose the option corresponding to “No             a new house.
       (3) belongs
                                          improvement”.                                      (1) have built
       (4) No Improvement
                                                              (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)          (2) have build
1160. Scarcely had he left the place                 Exam. 30.08.2016 (IIIrd sitting)        (3) had built
       when his friend came.              1166. The rays of the sun that is                  (4) No improvement
       (1) He had scarcely leave                 setting glimmer like golden          1174. One should exercise their right
       (2) He had left scarcely                  threads.                                    to vote
       (3) He scarcely had left                  (1) the sunset glimmers                     (1) his
       (4) No Improvement                        (2) the set sun glimmering                  (2) our
       Directions (1161-1165) : In               (3) the setting sun glimmer                 (3) one’s
each of the following questions, a               (4) No improvement                          (4) No improvement
sentence/a part of the sentence is        1167. Will you lend me few rupees for       1175. She sank back with a mourn of
printed in bold. Four alternatives are           the taxi fare?                              pain
given to the bold part which will                                                            (1) morn
                                                 (1) lend me any rupees
improve the sentence. Choose the                                                             (2) mourne
                                                 (2) lend me a few rupees
correct alternative corresponding to it.                                                     (3) moan
In case no improvement is needed,                (3) borrow a few rupees
                                                                                             (4) No improvement
choose the option corresponding to “No           (4) No improvement
                                                                                             Directions (1176-1180) : In
improvement”.                             1168. The higher you climb a Himalayan
                                                                                      each of the following questions, a
                   (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)         peak, more cold you feel.
                                                                                      sentence/a part of the sentence is
         Exam. 29.08.2016 (Ist sitting)          (1) the colder
                                                                                      printed in bold. Four alternatives are
1161. Jane had told me that she hasn’t           (2) the most cold
                                                                                      given to the bold part which will
       done her homework.                        (3) colder                           improve the sentence. Choose the
       (1) told                                  (4) No improvement                   correct alternative corresponding to it.
       (2) tells                          1169. They were all astonished at the       In case no improvement is needed,
       (3) was telling                           team’s dramatic success in the       choose the alternative corresponding
       (4) No improvement                        competition.                         to “No improvement”.
1162. This survey is concerning your             (1) were astonished at all                               (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
       health as well as that of your            (2) had all astonished by                        Exam. 01.09.2016 (IIIrd sitting)
       family.                                   (3) had been all astonished on       1176. The interview came alive by
       (1) concerns with                         (4) No improvement                          satellite from Hollywood
       (2) is concerned with              1170. She is bent to taking revenge                (1) came as live
       (3) concerns to                           against her attacker.                       (2) came live
       (4) No improvement                        (1) bent upon                               (3) came up live
1163. A city that is set on a hill cannot        (2) bent in                                 (4) No improvement
       be hidden.                                (3) bent for                         1177. There was little he could do to
       (1) be hid                                (4) No improvement                          save his battered reputation
       (2) hide                                  Directions (1171-1175) : In                 (1) salvage
       (3) be hiding                      each of the following questions, a sen-            (2) wreck
       (4) No improvement                 tence/a part of the sentence is print-             (3) destroy
1164. A black and white goat were         ed in bold. Four alternatives are given
                                                                                             (4) No improvement
                                          to the bold part which will improve the
       grazing.                                                                       1178. It is much too important to be
                                          sentence. Choose the correct alterna-
       (1) The white and the black goat   tive corresponding to it. In case no im-           made a joke of
       (2) A black and a white goat       provement is needed, choose the op-                (1) too much important
       (3) black and white goat           tion corresponding to “No improve-                 (2) too many important
       (4) No improvement                 ment”.                                             (3) very much important
1165. I had took the papers to John’s                         (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)          (4) No improvement
       office.                                       Exam. 31.08.2016 (IIIrd sitting) 1179. If he wants farther help, send
       (1) will took the papers           1171. Government officials keep                    him to me
                                                 throwing the buck to others.
       (2) taken the papers                                                                  (1) further
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