PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-34

Direction (Qs.1-5): In the given question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (1), (2), (3) and (4) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (5), i.e., “No correction required”.

Question No : 1

The effect of change of volume against external pressure may be neglected in the case of solids, liquids or solutions, but must usually be considered when gases are dealt with.

(1) Consider when gases are dealt with

(2) Consider when gases is dealt with

(3) Considerable when gases are dealt with

(4) Considerably when gases are dealt with

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

She was putting plates on the table when the school bus had drooped Jonathan off.

(1) Dropped

(2) Had dropped

(3) Have dropped

(4) Has dropped

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

What started by a simple business strategy became a business imperative when bank coffers brimmed over with retail deposits in the months that followed demonetisation.

(1) Start on

(2) Started as

(3) Started in

(4) Started to

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

The Indian banking sector is broadly classified by scheduled banks and non-scheduled banks

(1) Classified in

(2) Broadly classified by

(3) Broadly classified into

(4) Broadly classifying in

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

Do not get puffed up with pride when you gain some worldly object.

(1) Get puffed up by pride when

(2) Get puffed with pride when

(3) Become puffed on by pride when

(4) Get puffing with pride when

(5) No correction required