PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-100

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In the following 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

Rich mineral resources and the government present willing to build infrastructure will attract plenty of foreign investment.

(1) Government willingly present

(2) Government presence is willing

(3) Government is present but willing

(4) Present government’s willingness

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

One of the city’s advantages including a good education system, attractive quality of life and a good transport system which can cope with its rising population.

(1) One of the city’s advantages include

(2) Some of the city’s advantages include

(3) The city has advantages included

(4) Many of the city’s advantages are included

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

If we revise the school curriculum, colleges will not only get more quality of students but companies will also get skilled employees.

(1) Most quality students

(2) Good quality of the student

(3) Students of best qualities

(4) Better quality students

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

By running small dairy farms and selling milk to factories, the women of the village takes care the needs of their families.

(1) Woman of the villages caring for

(2) Woman of a village will care

(3) Women of the village take care of

(4) Village women taking care of

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

It was said that Winston's father, Randolph, never did a stroke of work in his whole life, and
his mother Jennie did neither.

(1) Neither mother Jennie did

(2) Mother Jennie neither did

(3) Neither did his mother Jennie

(4) Neither did mother Jennie

(5) No replacement required

Question No : 6

It gives voice to a growing understanding that cultural diversity is a national strength and a resource worthy of protection.

(1) Give voice to grow

(2) Giving voices to grow

(3) Gave voices for growing

(4) Gives voices for growth

(5) No replacement required

Question No : 7

The police caught a notorious criminal who had been terrorizing government employees and extorted money from them for the past three years.

(1) Was terrorizing government employees and extorted

(2) Had been terrorized government employees and extorting

(3) Had been terrorizing government employees and extorting

(4) Has terrorized government employees and extorted

(5) No replacement required

Question No : 8

Arun asked the teacher about making up to the test that he had missed earlier.

(1) Making it to the test

(2) Make the test

(3) Making up for the test

(4) Take up the test

(5) No correction required

Question No : 9

The world cannot compete; it must accept complete domination by the first world.

(1) Accept completed domination of the first world

(2) Accept complete domination for the first world

(3) Accepting complete domination by first world

(4) Accept complete denomination of the first world

(5) No correction required

Question No : 10

It will provide scientists with a valuable research tool for study how genes went about their business.

(1) Research tool for studying how genes goes

(2) Research tool to study how genes go

(3) Research tool to be studied for genes

(4) Research tools to study how genes go

(5) No correction required