Sentence Improvement (Part-3) (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 52

31. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Evening Shift-2014 (II)]

The teacher taught the students that the Moon goes around the Earth.

Correct Answer: (d) No improvement
Solution:

The sentence is absolutely correct and no improvement is required here.

32. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Evening Shift-2014 (II)]

This is the boy that I talked to you about.

Correct Answer: (b) whom I talked to you about
Solution:

We use ‘whom’ when an object is to be referred in the sentence. So, option (b) is the correct improvement to improve the given sentence.

33. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

There is no rain in our village for the last six months.

Correct Answer: (a) has been
Solution:

The given sentence is in Present Perfect Continuous Tense, so ‘has been’ should be used in place of underlined part ‘is’ to improve the given sentence.

34. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

The police investigated into the matter.

Correct Answer: (c) the matter
Solution:

Investigation itself refers to look into. So, ‘into’ is superfluous here. Hence, only ‘the matter’ should be used here.

35. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

Ramachandra Murthy and his family is in Guyana from 1985.

Correct Answer: (a) since
Solution:

For a point of time, ‘since’ should be used instead of ‘from’ to improve the given sentence.

36. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

I am living in this town since 1980.

Correct Answer: (c) have been living
Solution:

The given sentence is in Present Perfect Continuous Tense. So, ‘have been living’ should be used in place of given underlined part to improve the sentence.

37. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

If I was you I should tell him the truth.

Correct Answer: (b) were you
Solution:

‘Were’ is used after any subject in the if clause instead of ‘was’. So, option (b) is the correct improvement.

38. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

He is better than any boy in the class.

Correct Answer: (c) any other boy
Solution:

When a comparison is instituted by means of a comparative followed by than, the thing compared must always excluded from the class of things with which it is compared by using other or some such words. Hence, ‘any other boy’ is the correct improvement in place of ‘any boy’.

39. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

Anil ought not to tell me your secret, but he did.

Correct Answer: (c) to have told
Solution:

To express the likelihood of something happening or expectation ‘ought to + have + past participle of main verb’ should be used. So, ‘to have told’ is the correct improvement for the given sentence.

40. "Choose the best substitute (a, b, c) for the underlined part in each sentence [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

If I were him I would have not accepted the offer.

Correct Answer: (b) If I were he
Solution:

In sentence expressing some imaginary wish, supposition then the verb (were) used in plural form and pronoun should be used in the subjective case (he) not objective case (him).