PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-17

Direction (Qs.1-5): In the given question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (1), (2), (3) and (4) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (5), i.e., 'No correction required'.

Question No : 1

Despite its attractiveness, investing abroad is been risky owing to the shortage of regulations to protect investors.

(1) might be risk

(2) have been risky

(3) can be as risky as

(4) can be risky

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

Many developed countries have been attempting to buy agricultural land in other countries to meet their own demand.

(1) has been attempting

(2) have being attempting

(3) are being attempting

(4) have been attempted

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

A nuclear testing fills the air with radioactive dust and left the area uninhabitable.

(1) And leaves the

(2) Also leaves the

(3) And leaving the

(4) And making the

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

Modern ideas of governance started back to the time when people began to question kings.

(1) started when

(2) set back to

(3) start back to

(4) date back to

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

People discovered the alternate sources of energy when fossil fuel reserves starts to deplete.

(1) start to deplete

(2) starting to deplete

(3) started to deplete

(4) start with deplete

(5) No correction required