UPSC - Aptitude Test - Improvement of Sentences

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Question - 1

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

On one occasion he persuaded me to accompany him on a shooting expedition he was planning.

  • A has planned
  • B had planned
  • C planned
  • D No improvement

Question - 2

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

We have no less then a thousand students in our college.

  • A not less
  • B no less
  • C no fewer
  • D No improvement

Question - 3

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

When she regained conscious-ness she was stretched in the ditch out, soaked to the skin

  • A out in the ditch stretched
  • B on the ditch outstretched
  • C outstretched in the ditch
  • D No improvement

Question - 4

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

Too littel is known by this time about possible side-effects of the drug.

  • A Presently
  • B in the end
  • C before hand
  • D No improvemen

Question - 5

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

If you want to save  money you must get rid of shopping.

  • A cut down on
  • B get on with
  • C put up with
  • D No improvement

Question - 6

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative

The loud and incessant chatter worries your father who is trying to concentrate.

  • A aggravates
  • B annoys  
  • C irritates
  • D No improvement

Question - 7

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

Not only they want to see a film but also had dinner out.

  • A Not only did they go
  • B They didn't go not only
  • C They not only went
  • D No improvement

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Question - 9

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

Birds sit on the boughs of trees in my garden and with thir sweet notes fill the air with music.

  • A fill their sweet notes in the air
  • B by thier sweet notes fill the air
  • C fill the air by their sweet notes
  • D No improvement

Question - 10

The Question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the  bold part at 1,2 and 3 which may im-prove the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

India will enter the league of major develped nations as a space giant within a short time.

  • A energy
  • B force
  • C power
  • D No improvement