PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-63

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

After the successful performance of the great actor was over, there was thunderstruck applause.

(1) fearful

(2) cheerful

(3) decisive

(4) thunderous

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

Byzantine military achievements led to economic advances, which in turn led to cultural revival.

(1) lead into economy advancement

(2) led for economic advance

(3) leading into economic advancing

(4) led to economy advance

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

The fire brigade has put off a blaze in a local post office.

(1) Put on

(2) Put away

(3) Put out

(4) Put along

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

Once in debt, neither the samurai nor the shogun himself found it easy to recover.

(1) find the easy recovery

(2) found it easily to recover

(3) found it could be easily recovered

(4) find its easy to recover

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

For the provisions, control, and regulations of the Reserve Bank of India, banks in India except the State Bank of India (SBI), remain owned and operated by private persons.

(1) Instead the provisions

(2) Despite the provisions

(3) In the provisions

(4) Except the provisions

(5) No correction required