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Sentence Improvement Test - 2 Solution
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Explanation
Sentence improvement
1)The autumn (season) of Parliament will begin on Monday.
(1) session
(2) cession
(3) mission
(4) No improvement
Ans- (1) session (N.) is the right usage. It is used for meetings held in Assembly, Parliament, Court, etc.
2)She is the lady who will (inaugurate the exhibition).
(1) declare the exhibition open
(2) start the exhibition
(3) begin the exhibition
(4) No improvement
Ans- (4) No improvement
3)He has achieved nothing (out of his way) worth mentioning.
(1) out of the way
(2) by the way
(3) in a big way
(4) No improvement
Ans- (3) Here, in a big way is the right usage.
4)The report (highlights a number of instance of injustice).
(1) highlight a number of instances of injustice
(2) highlights a numbers of instances of injustice
(3) highlights a number of instances of injustice
(4) No improvement
Ans- (3) Here, highlights a number of instances of injustice is the right usage.
5)Can you please (give me) some leave?
(1) grant for me
(2) grant me
(3) grant from me
(4) No improvement
Ans- (2) grant : agree to give. Here, grant me is the right usage.
6)He could not (cope up with) the heavy rush.
(1) No Improvement
(2) cope by
(3) cope with
(4) cope upto
Ans- (3) cope (V.) is always followed by with (Prep.) Use of up is unnecessary. Hence, cope with is the right usage.
7)(He saw looking through the window, the beggar standing right there).
(1) He saw the beggar looking through the window standing right down there.
(2) He, looking through the window, saw the beggar standing right down there.
(3) Looking through the window, he saw the beggar standing right there.
(4) No improvement
Ans- (3) Looking through the window he saw the beggar standing right there is the right sentence.
8)My father advised me to (shun) bad peers.
(1) escape
(2) leave
(3) avoid
(4) No improvement
Ans- (4) No improvement (1) Shun (Verb) : to avoid somebody/something
9)Loose tea leaves are kept in a tea (box).
(1) tin
(2) cosy
(3) caddy
(4) No improvement
Ans- (3) tea is usually kept in a container made of tin/ aluminium, with a lid and that is caddy. Hence, caddy is the right usage.
10)(The woman is waiting to see you looks rather angry).
(1) The women whose waiting to see you looks rather angry
(2) The women who is waiting see you looks rather angry
(3) The woman who is waiting to see you looks rather angry
(4) No improvement
Ans- (3) Here, a Relative Pronoun will make sense. Hence, The woman who is waiting to see you looks rather angry is the right sentence.
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