PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-99

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 correction required”.

Question No : 1

Police suspect Personal enemy to be the motive behind the murder.

(1) personal enmity to be

(2) personnel enmity to be

(3) personal being enemy to

(4) personnel being enemy of

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

The court confirmed the death sentence awarded by the trial court and affirmed by the High court for making war in India.

(1) for creating war in

(2) for causing war within

(3) for waging war against

(4) for fighting war inside

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

The boy said that the teacher chided and pinched him on the cheeks for not writing an answer right.

(1) writing an answer rightly

(2) right answer writing

(3) to right answer writing

(4) answer rightly

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

Confidence is the first step to lay the foundation stone of your defined success to reach on your preferred destination.

(1) onto your preferred

(2) your preferred

(3) on your preference

(4) your preferential

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

Santosh Yadav climbed twice on the Mount Everest to prove that courageous and preservation can vanish all obstacles into air.

(1) courage and preservation can

(2) courage and preservation should

(3) courageous and perseverance can

(4) courage and perseverance can

(5) No correction required