PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-86

Direction (Qs.1-5): In the following 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 improvement required ”.

Question No : 1

I am surely you would not have risked your life if you would have known climbing that cliff is dangerous.

(1) Fairly surely

(2) To be sure

(3) Sure

(4) Somewhat sure

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 2

Being in a rainy day, I had to remain in my tent the whole day and wasted my holiday.

(1) For it

(2) Though it

(3) As it

(4) It being

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 3

The ICC World Cup is for any cricketer a sacred tournament, this one-day international format could become a crucial landmark for many players and even for a whole team.

(1) Ought to

(2) Would

(3) Can

(4) Can be

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 4

Fearing tax issues in future, many investors are going ahead with selling, transferring their shares or resigning from the boards before actually filling the tax returns.

(1) During

(2) In the future

(3) At future

(4) Future

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 5

Why he left the house or where he is living now are not known to anyone except his servant who was very faithful to him.

(1) where he is living now is not known

(2) where he lives now are not known

(3) where does he live now are not known

(4) where did he live now are not known

(5) No improvement required