PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-70

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

A number of the principal inhabitants was carried captive to Babylon, and Jerusalem was reduced to the position of an insignificant town.

(1) Were carried captive

(2) Were carrying captive

(3) Was carrying captive

(4) Is carried captive

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

She filled two plastics bowl with water for the chickens and hauled buckets of water to the horses and buffalo.

(1) Two plastic bowl

(2) Two plastic bowls

(3) Two plastics bowl

(4) Twos plastic bowl

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

The company has its offices on the fourth and the sixth floors.

(1) The sixth floor

(2) A sixth floor

(3) A sixth floors

(4) Sixth floors

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

The direct consequence of the failure was the annihilate of political nationality.

(1) The annihilate at political nationality

(2) The annihilation of political nationality

(3) A annihilation of political nationality

(4) Annihilate of political nationality

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

My friend felt good about win the prize.

(1) with winning

(2) on being won

(3) at winning

(4) about winning

(5) No correction required