Sentence Improvement Part-II

11. Mohan unknowingly altered salt instead of sugar to the dessert making it taste terrible. [SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) added salt instead of sugar
(b) anguished salt instead of sugar
(c) amplified salt instead of sugar
(d) abridged salt instead of sugar

Correct Answer: (a) added salt instead of sugar

Solution:'Alter' means to change the form of something & 'add' means to put in an additional element or ingredient.

The word 'added' is a more precise and clear choice in this sentence.
Hence, 'added salt instead of sugar' is the most appropriate answer.

12. No sooner did he finished his examination than he left for his cricket training centre. [SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) no sooner did he finish
(b) no sooner than he finished
(c) no sooner than he did finished
(d) no sooner had he finish

Correct Answer: (a) no sooner did he finish

Solution:"Do/does/did + V, is the correct grammatical structure.

Hence, 'no sooner did he finish' is the most appropriate answer.

13. The Delhi administration is seriously worried about the warning to civic health posed by the polluted waters of Yamuna. [SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) a peril to civic health
(b) the notice to civic health
(c) the plague to civic health
(d) the threat to civic health

Correct Answer: (d) the threat to civic health

Solution:The phrase 'the threat to civic health' means the potential danger or risk to the well-being and overall health of a city.

Hence, 'the threat to civic health' is the most appropriate answer.

14. The food was too salty eat this morning. [SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) eating
(b) ate
(c) to ate
(d) to eat

Correct Answer: (d) to eat

Solution:'Too + adjective + to + V,' is the correct grammatical structure.

Hence, 'to eat(V.)' is the most appropriate answer.

15. You are always try with jump over the wall. [SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) trying in jumping
(b) try to jump
(c) trying to jump
(d) tried with jump

Correct Answer: (c) trying to jump

Solution:The given sentence is an example of Present Continuous Tense(Plural Sub. + are + Ving).

We generally use the preposition 'to' with the verb 'try' for an activity.
Hence, 'trying (Ving) to jump' is the most appropriate answer.

16. To preparing the vine for plant, it should be cut back to 2 ft. [SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) prepares in vine in plant
(b) prepare a vine in planting
(c) prepared the vine of plant
(d) prepare the vine for planting

Correct Answer: (d) prepare the vine for planting

Solution:We generally use the (V.) form of the verb after the preposition 'to'.

We generally use a gerund(V-ing) after any preposition, such as 'for' in the given sentence.
Hence, 'prepare(V,) the vine for planting(V-ing) is the most appropriate answer.

17. They are sell their company's products to people. [SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) are sell the company
(b) are selling their company's
(c) was sell the company's
(d) is selling they company's

Correct Answer: (b) are selling their company's

Solution:We use 'V-ing' with the helping verb is/am/are' in the Present Continuous Tense.

Hence, "are selling(V-ing) their company's" is the most appropriate answer.

18. The conductor said that it was the worse quake he ever knew. [SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) more bad
(b) bad
(c) no rectification needed
(d) worst

Correct Answer: (d) worst

Solution:We generally use a superlative degree after the article 'the' and the correct superlative degree of 'bad' is 'worst'.

Hence, 'worst' is the most appropriate answer.

19. Virtual reality is the creation of a virtual environment presented to our senses in such a way that we experience it as if we were really there. [SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) presenting to our senses
(b) presenting in our senses
(c) presents to our senses
(d) No substitution required

Correct Answer: (d) No substitution required

Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct.

20. You are the beautiful woman I have ever seen. [SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) no rectification needed
(b) more beautiful
(c) beauty
(d) most beautiful

Correct Answer: (d) most beautiful

Solution:We generally use a superlative degree after the definite article 'the' and the correct superlative degree of 'beautiful' is 'most beautiful.

Hence, 'most beautiful' is the most appropriate answer.