HomeMock TestState PCSRailwaySSCHSSCDSSSBRO/AROUPSC

Sentence Improvement Part-XIV

📆 November 6, 2024

Total Questions: 50

31. Most of us hesitate to accept our mistakes. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) No substitution required
Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct.

32. Despite living in the same neighbourhood, we only did not greet each other. [SSC CHSL 12/08/2021 (afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) still
Solution:Still is used to say an action or situation continues to the present because it has not finished. It often refers to something happening for longer than expected. The given sentence states that in spite of being neighbors we do not greet each other. Hence, 'still' is the most appropriate answer.

33. He lost his heart because he could not cope with the difficult situation. [SSC CPO Tier II (26/07/2021)]

Correct Answer: (c) lost heart
Solution:'Lost heart' is an idiom that means to begin to feel that one cannot do something that one has been trying to do. Similarly, in the given sentence, he could not cope with the difficult situation so he lost heart. Hence, 'lost heart' is the most appropriate answer.

34. He replied mine letter after a month. [SSC CPO Tier II (26/07/2021)]

Correct Answer: (d) replied to my letter
Solution:We use 'my' before a noun and 'mine' after a noun. Similarly, in the given sentence, 'letter' is a noun so we will use 'my' before it. Hence, 'replied to my letter is the most appropriate answer.

35. His fine voice has never heard in this hall again. [SSC CPO Tier II (26/07/2021)]

Correct Answer: (c) will never be heard
Solution:We generally use 'again in a sentence to indicate that something happens a second time so obviously, it will happen in the future and for it, we will use a verb of the future tense(will). Hence, 'will never be heard' is the most appropriate answer.

36. I am much taller than I was a year ago. [SSC CPO Tier II (26/07/2021)]

Correct Answer: (c) No substitution
Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct.

37. He went to foreign for higher education. [SSC CPO Tier II (26/07/2021)]

Correct Answer: (d) went abroad
Solution:'Abroad' means in/to a foreign country & we generally use abroad as an adverb in phrases like go/went abroad. So, the phrase 'went to foreign' is contextually incorrect. Similarly, the given sentence states that he went abroad for higher education. Hence, 'went abroad' is the most appropriate answer.

38. It is time for the children to go to bed. [SSC CPO Tier II (26/07/2021)]

Correct Answer: (d) for going in bed
Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct.

39. What kind of the book do you want? [SSC CPO Tier II (26/07/2021)]

Correct Answer: (d) kind of book
Solution:The article 'the' is used to refer to specific or particular nouns. However, in the given sentence, 'book' is not particularly specified so it can be any book. So, we will remove the article 'the' before 'book'. Hence, 'kind of book' is the most appropriate answer.

40. The porter denied to take the money. [SSC CPO Tier II (26/07/2021)]

Correct Answer: (a) denied taking
Solution:'Deny' is always followed by a gerund(V-ing) and never by an infinitive(with the preposition 'to') for example he denied seeing me, he denied giving me, etc. Similarly, the given sentence states that Porter denied taking the money. Hence, 'denied taking' is the most appropriate answer.
Home  | Mock Test  | State PCS  | Railway  | SSC  | HSSC  | DSSSB  | RO/ARO  | UPSC  | 
© 2024 Mock Test 365 | All Rights Reserved