English Practice Questions with Explanation (Sentence Improvement) Set-30:
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.
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Directions (Q 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 improvement required’, mark (e) as the answer.
1).The government is demanding to put in place policies that will invigorate manufacturing and persuade investment in new construction facilities.
a) Soothing, strengthen, support, invention
b) Annoying, boost, promote, creation
c) Trying, energize, encourage, production
d) Aggravating, increase, endorse, formation
e) No correction required
2).At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value.
a) Genuine, condensed, influence, improved
b) Actual, abridged, admission, increased
c) Definite, low, permission, enlarged
d) Distinct, increased, control, augmented
e) No correction required
3).The obama administration has planned a sensible new rule to do away with veiled fees and conflict of notice in financial advice, to improve Americans’ retirement savings.
a) Projected, overt, attention, increase
b) Proposed, hidden, interest, boost
c) Anticipated, unconcealed, concentration, decrease
d) Predicted, blatant, awareness, decline
e) No correction required
4).Apple is now the company with the highest market evaluation, a mind-boggling $ 700 billion-more than usual biggies like Exxon; its new handset, the iphone 6, is taking off the shelves and contributing massively to its profitability ($18 billion in the last quarter).
a) Estimation, conventional, taking over, vastly
b) Assessment, customary, flying over, extremely
c) Opinion, regular, took off, awfully
d) Valuation, traditional, flying off, hugely
e) No correction required
5).Under the NDA regime, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha made a valiant effort to get this recommendation accepted, but parliamentarians from his own party blocked the move.
a) Rule, noble, established, sterile
b) Command, courageous, acknowledged, infertile
c) System, good, approved, refused
d) Administration, brave, recognized, abandoned
e) No correction required
6).Given the policy of not making any commercial bank to pass on, over the years, flagging private sector banks have been merged with public sector banks with a substantial financial drain on the Government.
a) Letting, die, failing, consequential
b) Leasing, expire, fading, significant
c) Allowing, pass away, vanishing, important
d) Leaving, terminate, worsening, essential
e) No correction required
7).The US Federal Reserve’s simple mention of lessening its extraordinary bond-buying programme, then, prompted massive capital outflows and shorting of the rupee by international currency traders.
a) Apparent, narrowing, produced, over-all
b) Clear, shrinking, activated, universal
c) Basic, dwindling, caused, whole
d) Mere, tapering, triggered, global
e) No correction required
8).IRDA has also promoted the Insurance Institute of India to carry out qualifying examination for the agents and to take over books and training material in various dialect languages.
a) Cheered, do, take care of, parlance
b) Encouraged, conduct, bring out, vernacular
c) Supported, perform, bring in, jargon
d) Introduced, present, let out, idiom
e) No correction required
9).It’s the vision of being independent masters of our lives, of creating big bucks and of being happy - even if that happiness is being got by money, which all of them trail out there.
a) Idea, providing, obtained, track
b) Visualization, taking, procured, pursue
c) Dream, making, bought, chase
d) Proposal, enchanting, gained, follow
e) No correction required
10).The fear of failure is a leading one- by being over - shielding and making people dependent upon those in authority, we avoid people from experimenting, taking safety and the joy of discovery.
a) Dominant, protective, prevent, risks
b) Important, protecting, put off, security
c) Essential, defending, evade, defense
d) Significant, looking, shun, resistance
e) No correction required
Answers With Explanation:
1). Answer: c)
Trying – difficult or annoying; hard to endure.
Energize – give vitality and enthusiasm to
Encourage – give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
Production – the process of or financial and administrative management involved in making a movie, play, or record.
2). Answer: e)
Real – true or actual.
Reduced – make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
Access – a means of approaching or entering a place.
Enhanced – intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
3). Answer: b)
Proposed – put forward (an idea or plan) for consideration or discussion by others.
Hidden – kept out of sight; concealed.
Interest – the state of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.
Boost – help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.
4). Answer: d)
Valuation – an estimation of something's worth, especially one carried out by a professional appraiser.
Traditional – existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established.
Flying off – to go away quickly or suddenly; hurry off
Hugely – very much; to a great extent.
5). Answer: e)
Regime – a system or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above.
Valiant – possessing or showing courage or determination.
Accepted – generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.
Blocked – make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.
6). Answer: a)
Letting – not prevent or forbid; allow.
Die – become extinct
Failing – in default of; in the absence of.
Consequential – following as a result or effect.
7). Answer: d)
Mere – that is solely or no more or better than what is specified.
Tapering – diminish or reduce or cause to diminish or reduce in thickness toward one end.
Triggered – cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.
Global – of or relating to the whole world; worldwide.
8). Answer: b)
Encouraged – give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
Conduct – the action or manner of managing an activity or organization.
Bring out – to introduce formally to society
Vernacular – (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.
9). Answer: c)
Dream – contemplate the possibility of doing something or that something might be the case.
Making – the process of making or producing something.
Bought – obtain in exchange for payment.
Chase – an act of pursuing someone or something.
10). Answer: a)
Dominant – most important, powerful, or influential.
Protective – capable of or intended to protect someone or something.
Prevent – keep (something) from happening or arising.
Risks – a situation involving exposure to danger.
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