Sentence Improvement Part-II

Total Questions: 50

21. Larger emissions of greenhouse gases lead to higher concentrations in the atmosphere. [SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) leaded to higher concentrations
(b) have lead to higher concentrations
(c) is lead to higher concentrations
(d) No substitution required

Correct Answer: (d) No substitution required

Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct.

22. France is a largest country. [SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) smaller
(b) larger
(c) smallest
(d) large

Correct Answer: (d) large

Solution:We generally use a positive degree of adjective while describing or qualifying a noun and large' is a positive degree adjective.

Hence, 'large' is the most appropriate answer.

23. No sooner had the sun risen over the horizon when the birds began to chirp and the squirrels started to scamper around the park. [SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) when the birds begin
(b) than birds begin
(c) when birds began
(d) than the birds began

Correct Answer: (d) than the birds began

Solution:'No sooner than' is a fixed conjunction pair.

Hence, 'than the birds began' is the most appropriate answer.

24. I considered Geography as an easier subject. [SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) the easy
(b) the easier
(c) an easiest
(d) an easy

Correct Answer: (d) an easy

Solution:'An easier must be replaced with 'an easy' .

We need to use a positive degree of adjective as there is no comparison of 'geography' with another subject in the given sentence.
Hence, an easy' is the most appropriate answer.

25. Rashmi works at the hospital, don't she? [SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) does she?
(b) has she?
(c) doesn't she?
(d) do she?

Correct Answer: (c) doesn't she?

Solution:According to the "Subject-Verb Agreement Rule", a singular subject always takes a singular verb and a plural subject always takes a plural verb.

In the given sentence, 'she' is a singular pronoun that will take 'does' as a singular verb.
Hence, 'doesn't she' is the most appropriate answer.

26. Select the word segment which substitutes the bracketed word correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. [SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (3rd Shift)]

I (am here) since 1981.

(a) have been here
(b) had been here
(c) was here
(d) has have here

Correct Answer: (a) have been here

Solution:We generally use Perfect Tense or Perfect Continuous Tense when the time period(for) or the starting point(since) of an action is given in a sentence.

'Be' is a stative verb and stative verbs can not be used in continuous tense.
Therefore, Present Perfect Tense(has/have + V₂) will be used.
Hence, 'have been (V) here' is the most appropriate answer.

27. Select the most appropriate segment that can substitute in the following sentence. [SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (3rd Shift)]

The bridge that (connecting) the two valleys across the Brahmaputra river has recently been constructed in Arunachal Pradesh.

(a) will be connecting
(b) had connected
(c) will be connected
(d) connects

Correct Answer: (d) connects

Solution:We generally use Simple Present Tense(Singular Sub. + V-s/es) for situations that are permanent or true for an indefinite period of time.

Similarly, in the given sentence, the situation of connection between two valleys is permanent.
Hence, 'connects' is the most appropriate answer.

28. Teenage is that phase of life when you are proposed to the world outside. [SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) you are exposed to
(b) you are excited with
(c) one are proposed to
(d) you are interrupted to

Correct Answer: (a) you are exposed to

Solution:'Proposed' means to suggest or put forward an idea while 'exposed means to be introduced to something new or unfamiliar.

The given sentence states during teenage years, individuals are introduced to the world.
Hence, 'exposed' is the most appropriate answer.

29. Very early in the morning, at the beginning of January, Opu was lying in bed waiting for the sun having rose. [SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) waited for the sun rising
(b) waited for the sun having rose
(c) No improvement required
(d) waiting for the sun to rise

Correct Answer: (d) waiting for the sun to rise

Solution:We generally use the infinitive form of the verb "to + V₁" to combine two actions.

Similarly, in the given sentence, the two actions are 'waiting' and 'rising'.

Hence, 'waiting for the sun to rise' is the most appropriate answer.

30. Newton, after seeing the apple falling from a tree, began to wonder whether if it moved towards the earth and not upwards towards the sky. [SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) No improvement required
(b) began to wondering if
(c) began his wondering how
(d) began to wonder why

Correct Answer: (d) began to wonder why

Solution:The phrase 'began to wonder why' means started thinking about the reason behind the happening of some event.

The given sentence states that Newton started thinking about the reason for the fall of the apple towards the Earth, not towards the sky.
Hence, "began to wonder why' is the most appropriate answer.

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