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Directions (1-15): Identify the best way to improve the bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
Q1. Why he not spoken up for the farmers all these years despite his party being a part of the ruling alliance at the Centre?
(a) Why did he
(b) Why had he
(c) Why not he
(d) No improvement
Q2. It is too early to say how the impact the new virus will have on common people.
(a) what the impact
(b) what impact
(c) impact
(d) No improvement
Q3. Rajnath is not such a speaker of I had thought of.
(a) No improvement
(b) who
(c) as
(d) which
Q4. No sooner did the terrorist see the policeman so he started running.
(a) than he
(b) as he
(c) soon he
(d) No improvement
Q5. Mr. Kumar did sound a note of caution on the Ram Mandir issue.
(a) sound
(b) sounded
(c) sounds
(d) No improvement
Q6. Thief said that to get into the building I’ll disguise as a reporter.
(a) disguise to be
(b) disguise as one
(c) disguise myself
(d) No improvement
Q7. Modern memory does not take kind to defeat and populist memory often takes historical memory and alters it.
(a) kindly
(b) kindness
(c) kind fully
(d) No improvement
Q8. Each followed a different narration and each suffered what we can call the travails of the modern icon.
(a) narrative
(b) narrating
(c) narrate
(d) No improvement
Q9. If some form of tradition comes in the way of promoting gender equality, we must do away from it.
(a) do away
(b) do away with
(c) do away to
(d) No improvement
Q10. It was a beautiful congregation. The turnover made the day very special.
(a) turnaround
(b) turn
(c) turnout
(d) No improvement
Q11. The police acted quickly and managed to head toward the protest of the farmers.
(a) Heading for
(b) No improvement
(c) Head off
(d) Heads up
Q12. When you are a parent, keeping in your kids becomes a challenge if you are not in the best of your shape.
(a) Keep off
(b) Keeping from
(c) Keeping up with
(d) No improvement
Q13. Paresh hardly ever came late, didn’t he?
(a) Wasn’t he
(b) Did he
(c) Should he
(d) No improvement
Q14. UK government looking round revamp its approach for counter-terrorism programme.
(a) Looking up to
(b) No improvement
(c) Look upon
(d) Looking to
Q15. Following creating large resident populations in China and Japan, Koreans have emigrated to many other countries, notably the United States and Canada.
(a) In addition to
(b) Considering
(c) According to
(d) No improvement
S1. Ans(b)
Sol. Here sentence is starting with “WH” family which is used to ask question, so we need inversion here. Also, we are talking about all these years so perfect tense will be used.
S2. Ans(b)
Sol. What impact is correct usage here.
S3. Ans (c)
Sol. “As” is used for comparing
S4. Ans (a)
Sol. ‘No sooner’ is followed by ‘than’, just after no sooner we use helping verb.
S5. Ans(d)
S6. Ans(c)
Sol. Reflexive Pronoun “myself” will be used with verb disguise. Hence, “disguise myself” is the right usage.
S7. Ans(a)
Sol. To qualify the verb ‘take’ we need adverb. Thus ‘kindly’ will be used.
S8. Ans(a)
Sol. Narrative means a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
Narration means the action or process of narrating a story.
Thus, correct option is (a).
S9. Ans(b)
Sol. Do away withsomething means to get rid of something or stop using something.
S10. Ans (c)
Sol. Turnout means the number of people attending or taking part in an event, especially the number of people voting in an election.
S11. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
Replace ‘head toward’ with ‘Head off’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Head off – to prevent something from taking place
Heading for – to be likely to experience something bad
Head toward – to progress toward a particular outcome.
Head up – a warning that something is going to happen, usually so that you can prepare for it.
S12. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
Replace ‘keeping in’ with ‘Keeping up with’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Keeping up with – It is a phrase which means, “To do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone or something.”
For example- Technology changes so fast, it’s hard to keep up with it.
Keep off – To remain physically off or away from something.
Keep from – cause something to remain a secret from someone.
Keep in – to restrain (an emotion); repress.
S13. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct answer is option b.
Replace ‘Didn’t he’ with ‘Did he’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Tag Questions – It is a statement followed by a mini-question. We use tag questions to ask for confirmation.If the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and if the main clause is negative, it’s positive.
The adverbs never, rarely, seldom, hardly, barely and scarcely have a negative sense.
We treat statements with these words like negative statements, so the question tag is normally positive.
S14. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
Replace ‘Looking round’ with ‘Looking to’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Look to something – to consider something and think about how to make it better
For example- We need to look at ways of improving our marketing.
Look up to – Show respect or admiration for.
Look upon – Gaze at something; to look on.
Look round- Search a place.
S15. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
Replace ‘Following’ with ‘In addition to’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
In addition to – used for saying that something extra exists or is happening together with the thing that you are talking about.
For example – In addition to our burgers, everyone ordered fries and milkshakes.
Following – after something happens, or as a result of something that happens
For example – The team blossomed following the appointment of the new manager.
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