English Practice Questions with Explanation (Based on New Pattern) Sentence Improvement Set-2:
Dear Readers, Here we have given the Practice English Questions with explanation based on new pattern, candidates those who are preparing for upcoming examination can make use of it.
Directions (1-10): Which of the words/phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the words/phrases given in bold in the following sentences to make it meaningful and grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (e) as the answer.
1).In the U.S., German luxury brands has been succeeded in getting people who could once have thought the cars were out of their league towards buying and leasing some snazzy rides.
a) Has succeeded, once might have, in buying, leasing
b) Have succeeded, should have once, for buying, leasing
c) Have succeeded, might have once, to buy, lease
d) Had succeeded, once should have, on the way to buy, leased
e) No correction required
2).Denial of wages forced scientists and teachers at the agriculture universities throughout the country to go on strike, crippling crucial research that could help the state of agriculture in the country.
a) Strained, during, critical, condition
b) Required, all over, vital, situation
c) Worried, all through, essential, status
d) Concerned, in the course of, important, position
e) No correction required
3).After that the Tsunami had killed thousands of people beside the coasts of southern India; parliament approved a bill that proposed to set up an institutional mechanism to respond quickly to natural disasters.
a) Soon after, along, passed, promptly
b) Later on, next to, accepted, swiftly
c) Anon, alongside, permitted, rapidly
d) In a while, adjacent to, established, punctually
e) No correction required
4).In an aim to boost their profits, many edible oil manufacturing companies have been engaging themselves in misinformation against commonly used oils and supporting exotic and expensive varieties of oils as more healthier options.
a) Effort to, making, party line, sustaining
b) Plan to, creating, doctrine, encouraging
c) Intend to, generating, cant, sponsoring
d) Attempt to, producing, propaganda, promoting
e) No correction required
5).During the days of the League when India's benefit were affected, such as in matters of trade or the place of Indians overseas, the Indian delegation did not falter to make known its autonomous position, for what it was worth.
a) Advantage, situation of, vacillate to, sovereign
b) Assistance, part of, dither to, hopeful
c) Interests, position of, hesitate to, independent
d) Support, state of, wane to, positive
e) No correction required
6).Unless India and the US are signing a new extradition treaty or adjusting the existing one is rather unclear, but there is no doubt that India's extradition requests have usually been turned by western democracies.
a) If, modifying, fairly, turned in
b) Whether, amending, somewhat, turned down
c) Because of, altering, a bit, turned up
d) When, improving, not at all, turned on
e) No correction required
7).When women are allowed to work in a profession of their choice, when they have access to financial services and when they are protected, by law, from domestic violence, they are not only economically empowered, they also live longer.
a) Permitted, contact to, confined, authorized
b) Accepted, entrance to, cosseted, allowed
c) Tolerated, way in, cramped, endorsed
d) Established, aperture, curbed, certified
e) No correction required
8).The force of technical improvement in armaments on man, have to be analyzed with a sane mind, and heart free from prejudices of any kind towards modernization.
a) Impact, advancement, needs to, rational
b) Brunt, encroachment, wants to, coherent
c) Collision, development, will, lucid
d) Power, enlargement, should, cogent
e) No correction required
9).The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) approximates that America forgoes about $ 17 billion in retirement earnings annually as financial advisers suggest investments that generate profitable commissions for themselves but shortchange their clients with high fees, not a hundred percent performance and risky products.
a) Guessed, advocated, rewarding, not at best
b) Calculated, advised, beneficial, in poor
c) Educated, proposed, productive, meager
d) Estimates, recommend, lucrative, below-par
e) No correction required
10).The greater part of the poor remain in rural areas, and measures to rectify poverty must concentrate on striking both agricultural expansion and non-farm employment.
a) Majority, redress, enhancing, growth
b) Most, correct, outstanding, development
c) Large amount, resolve, prominent in, progress
d) Mainstream, remedy, attraction in, enlargement
e) No correction required
Explanation:
1). Answer: c)
Have succeeded – German luxury brands is plural. So “have succeeded” will come.
Might have once – The sentence is explaining about the certainty i.e. the people may or may not think about it. So “might” will come.
To buy, lease – It will be the correct idiomatic.
2). Answer: e)
Forced - produced or maintained with effort;
Throughout – in every part of
Crucial – decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something or of great importance.
State – the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.
3). Answer: a)
Along - moving in a constant direction on
Passed - approve or put into effect
Promptly - with little or no delay
4). Answer: d)
Attempt to - an act of trying to achieve something
Producing - make or manufacture from components or raw materials.
Propaganda - information, especially of a biased or misleading nature
Promoting - further the progress of (something, especially a cause, venture, or aim); support or actively encourage.
5). Answer: c)
Interests – the advantage or benefit of a person or group.
Position of – a place where someone or something is located or has been put.
Hesitate to - pause before saying or doing something, especially through uncertainty.
Independent - free from outside control; not depending on another's authority.
6). Answer: b)
Whether - expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives.
Amending - make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer,
Somewhat - to a moderate extent or by a moderate amount;
Turned down - to decline to accept
7). Answer: e)
Allowed - admit (an event or activity) as legal or acceptable.
Access to – a means of approaching or entering a place.
Protected - keep safe from harm or injury.
Empowered - give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
8). Answer: a)
Impact – the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another
Advancement – the process of promoting a cause or plan
Needs to – circumstances in which something is necessary, or that require some course of action; necessity
Rational – based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
9). Answer: d)
Estimates – judgment of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.
Recommend – put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role.
Lucrative – producing a great deal of profit.
Below-par – better (or worse) than is usual or expected.
10). Answer: a)
Majority – the greater number.
Redress – remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance.
Enhancing – intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
Growth - the process of increasing in physical size.
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