Sentence Improvement Part-VII

Total Questions: 50

11. Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. Select the option 'no correction required if the sentence is correct as given. [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning)]

She (had a reputation) brilliance.

(a) No correction required
(b) have a reputation for
(c) has a reputation for
(d) has a reputation of

Correct Answer: (c) has a reputation for

Solution:The phrase had a reputation must be replaced with 'has a reputation for. According to subject-verb agreement, a singular verb should be used for a singular subject.

We generally use the preposition 'for' to express reason.
Hence, 'has a reputation for is the most appropriate answer.

12. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required". [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon)]

Though they allow celebrities and famous people to take pictures (inside the museum, but they does not allow the general public) to do the same,

(a) inside the museum, they do not allow the general public
(b) No substitution required
(c) inside the museum, but do not allowing the general public
(d) inside the museum, they does not allow general public

Correct Answer: (a) inside the museum, they do not allow the general public

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

Hence, 'they do not allow the general public' is the most appropriate answer.

13. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select "no substitution required". [SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Evening)]

(The people of Philippines has voted) to elect a new president

(a) No substitution required
(b) The people of Philippines have voted
(c) The people of the Philippines have voted
(d) The people of the Philippines has voted

Correct Answer: (c) The people of the Philippines have voted

Solution:According to the 'Subject-Verb Agreement Rule', a plural subject (people) always takes a plural verb (have).

Hence, 'the people of the Philippines have voted' is the most appropriate answer.

14. A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lived on. [SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) lives in
(b) live on
(c) No improvement
(d) lives on

Correct Answer: (d) lives on

Solution:The given sentence is in the simple present tense so the verb must be used in the simple present form(V₁).

Hence, 'lives(V₁) on' is the most appropriate answer.

15. She cuts her haired short in the summer. [SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) hair short
(b) hairy short
(c) No improvement
(d) hair shortest

Correct Answer: (a) hair short

Solution:We cannot write the past form of the uncountable noun 'hair'.

Hence, 'haired' must be replaced with 'hair' & 'hair short' becomes the most appropriate answer.

16. Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world. [SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) No improvement
(b) Herbalism has become but all an extinct skill
(c) Herbalism become an extinct skill
(d) Herbalism has become but an extinct skill

Correct Answer: (a) No improvement

Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct.

17. The Blue House is practising it's songs for the competition. [SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) No improvement
(b) practised it's
(c) practising its
(d) practise its

Correct Answer: (c) practising its

Solution:"It's" is a contraction and should be used where a sentence normally reads "it is", the apostrophe('s) indicates that part of a word has been removed like It's raining is a contraction of It is raining.

Whereas, "Its" with no apostrophe(s) istion possessive form of the pronoun it' which means belonging to it like the dog hurt its tall.
Similarly in the given sentence, 'songs belong to the Blue House.
Hence, 'practising its songs' is the most appropriate answer.

18. Select the option that will improve the (bracketed) part of the sentence. In case of no improvement select the option 'No improvement'. [SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

When you ride a horse, (you sat on it and control it's) movements.

(a) you sit on it and afterwards control it's
(b) you seated on it and control it's
(c) you sit on it and control its
(d) No improvement

Correct Answer: (c) you sit on it and control its

Whereas, "Its" with no apostrophe('s) is the possessive form of the pronoun 'it' which means belonging to it like the dog hurt its tail. Similarly in the given sentence, 'movements' belong to the Horse.
Hence, 'you sit on it and control its movements' is the most appropriate answer.

19. This heap of rubbish has not been remove for 6 months. [SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) No improvement
(b) been removing from
(c) been removes since
(d) been removed for

Correct Answer: (d) been removed for

Solution:'Has + V,' is the correct grammatical structure for the given sentence which is in the present perfect tense.

Hence, 'has been removed(V₂) for 6 months' is the most appropriate answer.

20. Africa has glaciers on the Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and on the Mount Kenya. [SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and the Mount Kenya
(b) Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and on Mount Kenya
(c) No improvement
(d) the Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and to Mount Kenya

Correct Answer: (b) Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and on Mount Kenya

Solution:We do not use the definite article 'the' before 'Mount'.

Hence, 'the' will be removed from the given sentence & 'Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and on Mount Kenya' becomes the most appropriate answer.

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