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)]

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)]

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)]

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)]

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)]

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.

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.

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)]

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)]

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)]

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.