{"id":2879,"date":"2018-02-23T08:25:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2018-02-23T08:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:25:26","slug":"sentence-improvement-exercise-for-bank-po-and-upsc-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/sentence-improvement-exercise-for-bank-po-and-upsc-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentence Improvement Exercise For Bank PO and UPSC Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the phrases (a), (b) or (c) should replace the word\/phrase in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (d) as your answer.<\/p>\n<p>1. I gave my niece a children\u2019s <strong>beautifully illustrated encyclopedia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a) beautifully illustrated child\u2019s encyclopedia<br \/>\nb) child\u2019s beautifully illustrated encyclopedia<br \/>\nc) beautifully illustrated children\u2019s encyclopedia<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>2. Workers who <strong>performed<\/strong> the same operation day after day can take no pleasure or pride in their work.<\/p>\n<p>a) perform<br \/>\nb) have performed<br \/>\nc) had performed<br \/>\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n<p>3. The word cancer strikes dread in the average man\u2019s heart and once he <strong>has diagnosed<\/strong> as suffering from it, he loses all hope.<\/p>\n<p>a) is diagnosed<br \/>\nb) was diagnosed<br \/>\nc) would be diagnosed<br \/>\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n<p>4. The popular theory that modern man came out of Africa <strong>has thrown<\/strong> into doubt by the discovery of a 3,50,000 year old skull from China.<\/p>\n<p>a) have thrown<br \/>\nb) has been thrown<br \/>\nc) had been thrown<br \/>\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n<p>5. She looked askance at the tablet and asked if it <strong>has been<\/strong> all that was to be given to a dying man to make him well.<\/p>\n<p>a) is<br \/>\nb) was<br \/>\nc) had been<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>6. The old woman would <strong>return<\/strong> with a beaming countenance the next day and reported that her husband had recovered.<\/p>\n<p>a) returns<br \/>\nb) returned<br \/>\nc) has returned<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>7. When the Nobel Prize for Peace <strong>has announced<\/strong> this year, I experienced a sense of elation.<\/p>\n<p>a) was announced<br \/>\nb) had announced<br \/>\nc) were announced<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>That all cancers<\/strong> are not incurable and even the terminally ill may be able to live the rest of their lives in peace and relative comfort is seldom understood.<\/p>\n<p>a) The fact that all cancers<br \/>\nb) The fact all cancers<br \/>\nc) The fact every cancer<br \/>\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n<p>9. Pitching the camp on top of the mountain took <strong>five times as long as it would have taken<\/strong> in a place where there was enough air to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>a) five times as long it would take<br \/>\nb) five times as long as it takes<br \/>\nc) five times as long as it would take<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>10. At night most climbers <strong>took their gloves off<\/strong>, but I prefer to keep them on.<\/p>\n<p>a) take their gloves off<br \/>\nb) took their gloves of<br \/>\nc) had taken their gloved off<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>11. <strong>Thirty eight years before<\/strong> a handful of Americans declared April 22, 1970 to be Earth Day.<\/p>\n<p>a) Thirty eight years from now<br \/>\nb) Since thirty eight years<br \/>\nc) Thirty eight years ago<br \/>\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n<p>12. In spite of various attempts to brighten the lives of workers, however, the average man in a factory is rather<strong> to pity than envy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a) to be pitied than envied<br \/>\nb) to be pitied than envy<br \/>\nc) to be pity than envied<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>13. In the olden days, before the discovery of anesthetics, various methods <strong>would have used<\/strong> to keep the patient quiet during an operation.<\/p>\n<p>a) were used<br \/>\nb) had used<br \/>\nc) was used<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>14. The spectre that <strong>has haunted<\/strong> our country represents both an opportunity and a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>a) has haunting<br \/>\nb) had haunting<br \/>\nc) has been haunting<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>15. The extraordinary ability of satellites to see, listen and communicate <strong>have made them<\/strong> an integral part of the modern warfare.<\/p>\n<p>a) were made them<br \/>\nb) has made them<br \/>\nc) have been made them<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>16. This is the first time in my memory that the river <strong>has overflown<\/strong> the banks.<\/p>\n<p>a) has been over flown<br \/>\nb) has overflowed<br \/>\nc) has overflowing<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>17. They decided to arrange a grand party on the eve of her retirement especially as she had been working for the firm <strong>since almost twenty years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a) almost twenty years since<br \/>\nb) for almost twenty years<br \/>\nc) almost twenty years ago<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>18. Israel has been turning the search for water into a science so advanced that it <strong>has been surpassed<\/strong> even biblical miracles.<\/p>\n<p>a) it surpasses<br \/>\nb) it had surpassed<br \/>\nc) it has been surpassed<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>19. At last the two climbers <strong>were getting<\/strong> the tent up and crawled in.<\/p>\n<p>a) got<br \/>\nb) has gotten<br \/>\nc) get<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>20. After his retirement from the Presidency College, Bose founded the great institute <strong>which now bear his name<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>a) which now bears his name<br \/>\nb) which now has born his name<br \/>\nc) which now has borne his name<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>21. It is an established fact that the consumption of alcohol <strong>be discouraged<\/strong> as it has been the cause of ruin in many families.<\/p>\n<p>a) should discourage<br \/>\nb) should have discouraged<br \/>\nc) should be discouraged<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>22. His duties were to teach design to the architectural students and <strong>also developing<\/strong> new courses for them.<\/p>\n<p>a) to develop<br \/>\nb) to developing<br \/>\nc) to have developed<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>23. He looked as though he <strong>had not a decent<\/strong> meal for over a month.<\/p>\n<p>a) have not a decent<br \/>\nb) had not have a decent<br \/>\nc) had not had a decent<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p>24. <strong>He pressed with his enquiries<\/strong> until at last he learned the reason for their panic.<\/p>\n<p>a) He pressed at with his enquiries<br \/>\nb) He pressed on with his enquiries<br \/>\nc) He pressed after with his enquiries<br \/>\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n<p>25. My friend is so rich that he<strong> is having<\/strong> four apartments in Mumbai, and six in Pune.<\/p>\n<p>a) has<br \/>\nb) have<br \/>\nc) had<br \/>\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. beautifully illustrated children\u2019s encyclopedia<br \/>\n2. perform<br \/>\n3. is diagnosed<br \/>\n4. has been thrown<br \/>\n5. was<br \/>\n6. returned<br \/>\n7. was announced<br \/>\n8. 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