English Practice Questions with Explanation (Sentence Improvement) Set-44:
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).Jessie felt that she have been very lucky, in that she brushed up on two of the exam topics at the morning of the exam but Nelson had not been as lucky.
a) Has been, happy, looked up, in
b) Is, auspicious, look up, by
c) Had been, fortunate, brush up, on
d) Was, promising, glanced, over
e) No correction required
2).He guaranteed the client that he would be there in a few minutes, but he knew his van was being darned, which would take two hours, and discussing the traffic, would take another two hours.
a) Promised, since, restored, conferring
b) Pledged, because, renovated, consulting
c) Agreed, as, revamped, checking
d) Assured, even though, repaired, negotiating
e) No correction required
3).Ordinary citizens don’t take the risk of reporting corrupt practices, because they know that complaints will not be followedup and they will be victimized for having dared to complaint.
a) Distort, discontinued, mistreated, taunted
b) Fraudulent, maintained, persecuted, urged
c) Warp, suspended, mal – treated, advised
d) Deform, perched, offended, supported
e) No correction required
4).The meaning of black money keeps gaining flexibility just because we want to prove to ourselves that the black economy in India is as hideous as we make it out to be in our political rhetoric.
a) Description, litheness, horrible, oratory
b) Definition, elasticity, monstrous, rhetoric
c) Explanation, suppleness, awful, language
d) Classification, limberness, terrible, expression
e) No correction required
5).In India today lot of our intellectuals still converse in terms of the French Revolution and the Rights of Man, not understanding that much was happened since then.
a) Many, talk, appreciating, has happened
b) Most, speak, realizing, have happened
c) Few, utter, knowing, has happened
d) Little, gossip, identifying, happened
e) No correction required
6). Evolutionhas also been made in increasing awareness about issues affecting women’s authorization, such as public safety, acid attacks, discrimination in inheritance rights and need of equal employment opportunity.
a) Retreat, decreasing, consent, requirement
b) Advancement, reducing, endorsement, addition
c) Progress, raising, empowerment, lack
d) Improvement, developing, support, accumulation
e) No correction required
7).Sustaining and improving the quality of life will depend on policies crafted to handle major emerging challenges such as urbanization, the housing deficit, access to power, water, education and health care.
a) Supporting, feature, strategies, main
b) Carrying, eminence, rules, most important
c) Maintaining, importance, plans, foremost
d) Preserving, significance, tactics, primary
e) No correction required
8).The ceiling has now been fallen, paving the system for a firm to organize unlimited capital into political funds irrespective of its own financial and operational health.
a) Plunged, method, arrange, assets
b) Dropped, way, deploy, coffers
c) Slumped, technique, set up, reserves
d) Collapsed, procedure, set out, resources
e) No correction required
9).That the Centre has chosen to include the employees’ unions in the planned MoUs it means to enter into with the lenders is also analytic of the seriousness with which it is approaching the decision this time around.
a) Projected, aims, investigative, decree
b) Anticipated, plans, systematic, declaration
c) Expected, proposes, diagnostic, assertion
d) Proposed, intends, indicative, resolution
e) No correction required
10).Pressure could be used on a company awaiting government clearances, or a loan reforming from public or cooperative sector financiers; still a publicly listed company can setup subsidiaries just to fund parties.
a) Exerted, restructuring, even, set up
b) Applied, modifying, yet, set out
c) Employed, transforming, also, made
d) Exploited, altering, though, complete
e) No correction required
Explanation With Answer Key:
1). Answer: c)
Had been à since it is describes about something that began in the past, lasted for some time, then ended.
Fortunate – favored by or involving good luck or fortune; lucky.
Brush up – an act of improving existing knowledge or skill in a particular area.
On – indicating continuation of a movement or action.
2). Answer: d)
Assured – make (something) certain to happen.
Even though – despite the fact that.
Repaired – restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition.
Negotiating – find a way over or through (an obstacle or difficult route).
3). Answer: e)
Corrupt - having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
Followed up - put through, implement or carry out
Victimized - single (someone) out for cruel or unjust treatment.
Dared - have the courage to do something.
4). Answer: b)
Definition – a statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary.
Elasticity – the ability of something to change and adapt; adaptability.
Monstrous – inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong.
Rhetoric – language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
5). Answer: a)
Many – the majority of people.
Talk – speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.
Appreciating – recognize the full worth of.
Has happened – take place; occur.
6). Answer: c)
Progress – forward or onward movement toward a destination.
Raising – increase the amount, level, or strength of.
Empowerment – authority or power given to someone to do something.
Lack - the state of being without or not having enough of something.
7). Answer: e)
Sustaining - strengthen or support physically or mentally.
Quality - general excellence of standard or level.
Policies - a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual.
Major -important, serious, or significant.
8). Answer: b)
Dropped – let or make (something) fall vertically.
Way – a method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action.
Deploy – bring into effective action.
Coffers – the funds or financial reserves of an organization.
9). Answer: d)
Proposed – put forward (an idea or plan) for consideration or discussion by others.
Intends – have (a course of action) as one's purpose or objective; plan.
Indicative – serving as a sign or indication of something.
Resolution – a firm decision to do or not to do something.
10). Answer: a)
Exerted – apply or bring to bear (a force, influence, or quality).
Restructuring – a reorganization of a company with a view to achieving greater efficiency and profit, or to adapt to a changing market.
Even – despite the fact that.
Set up – the way in which something, especially an organization or equipment, is organized, planned, or arranged.
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