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

Total Questions: 52

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

What the nation needs is people of character.

Correct Answer: (d) No improvement
Solution:

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

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

We now come to the important question of where this great swarm of galaxies have come from.

Correct Answer: (b) has come from
Solution:

The singular form ‘has’ is used after swarm of galaxies (which is singular) in place of ‘have’ to improve the given sentence.

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

Fewer rainfall means less traffic accidents, according to the experts’ report on highway safety.

Correct Answer: (b) Less rainfall means less traffic accidents
Solution:

‘Less rainfall means less traffic accidents’, is the correct improvement according to the given sentence.

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

I never saw you at the party yesterday

Correct Answer: (b) did not see
Solution:

I ‘did not see’ will be used in place of ‘I never saw’ as the sentence is in Past Indefinite Tense.

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

Ajeet is a bigger scholar than his brother.

Correct Answer: (a) better
Solution:

When comparison is made between two peoples or things than comparative degree should be used. So, ‘better’ will be used in place of ‘bigger’ to improve the given sentence. ‘Bigger’ is used in respect to size of things not for peoples.

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

I did not wait for him because he went out before I arrived.

Correct Answer: (b) had gone out
Solution:

Here, ‘had gone out’ is the correct improvement. Past Perfect Tense is used in such sentences in one clause.

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

Whenever I saw him, he has been reading the same novel.

Correct Answer: (c) was reading
Solution:

The given sentence belongs to Past Continuous Tense. So. ‘was reading’ should be used to improve the given sentence.

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

Since, the beginning of the term, we are spending a lot of time on poetry.

Correct Answer: (c) have spent
Solution:

Present Perfect tense is used after since in such sentence. So, ‘have spent’ is the correct improvement for the given underlined part.

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

Your sister cooks well, isn’t she?

Correct Answer: (b) doesn’t she?
Solution:

The pattern of such sentence is auxiliary + not + subject. So, ‘doesn’t she’ is the correct question tag to be used in place of ‘isn’t she’ to improve the given sentence.

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

Dicken’s novels, like many writers, are largely autobiographical.

Correct Answer: (a) like those of many other writers
Solution:

In the case of comparison of exclusion is shown by the use of ‘other’. So, ‘like those of many other writers’ should be used in place of ‘like many writers’ to improve the given sentence.