Sentence Improvement - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

11

She tried to eat another leaf of lettuce but she could no longer fight the stench.

A) face B) keep C) stand D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

She tried to eat another leaf of lettuce but she could no longer stand the stench.

12

You can't go that way, I'm afraid, as the road is in repairs.

A) under repairs B) under repair C) on repairs D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

You can't go that way, I'm afraid, as the road is under repair.

13

We must make for our foreign policy on the basis of guarding national interest alone.

A) must make to B) have made for C) must make D) must be making to E) No correction required

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

We must make our foreign policy on the basis of guarding national interest alone.

14

One of my colleagues is an expert in homoeopathy.

A) is expert B) has expertised C) has been expertised D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

One of my colleagues is an expert in homoeopathy.

15

I would like that you finish the project on time.

A) you to finish the project on time B) you finishing the project on time C) that you should finish the project on time D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

I would like you to finish the project on time.

16

He was likely to win the elections by the sweeping majority.

A) by a sweeping majority B) with sweeping a majority C) with the sweeping majority D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

He was likely to win the elections by a sweeping majority.

17

He told us the story in a nutshell.

A) in nutshell B) in the nutshell C) putting it in a nut D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

He told us the story in a nutshell.

18

Have you not reached in time, we would have lost our lives.

A) Had you not reach B) If you have not reached C) Had you not reached D) If you would not have reached E) No correction required

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Had you not reached in time, we would have lost our lives.

19

She wondered if the children were as lonely as she was.

A) that if B) whether C) that D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

She wondered whether the children were as lonely as she was.

20

They are social insects, living in communities, regulated by definite laws, each member of society bearing a well-defined and separate part in the work of a colony.

A) living among a community B) who are living in communities C) who lives with a community D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

They are social insects, living in communities, regulated by definite laws, each member of society bearing a well-defined and separate part in the work of a colony.