Sentence Improvement - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

31

Since 1986, there is no earthquakes here.

A) were being B) have been C) are D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Since 1986, there have been no earthquakes here.

32

Upto the time the last vote was recorded it was difficult to decide whether victory lay with the ruling party or the opposition.

A) To B) Until C) Till D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Till the time the last vote was recorded it was difficult to decide whether victory lay with the ruling party or the opposition.

33

Little that I knew of the English language, was not sufficient to make me a teacher of English.

A) Very little B) The little C) A little D) No improvement.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

The little that I knew of the English language, was not sufficient to make me a teacher of English.

34

All his answers were correct.

A) His every answers B) His all answers C) All of his answers D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

All his answers were correct.

35

Desertification, condition of the desert spreading into previously arable land, is threatening the planet.

A) spread of desert conditions into previously arable land B) condition where the desert spreads into previously arable land C) spread of conditions of desert where land was previously arable D) the situation when desert conditions spread into previously arable land E) No correction required

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Desertification, the situation when desert conditions spread into previously arable land, is threatening the planet.

36

I asked him that why he is so lazy.

A) why is he B) why he was C) that why is he D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

I asked him why he was so lazy.

37

You are warned against committing the same mistake again.

A) for committing B) against to commit C) to commit D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

You are warned against committing the same mistake again.

38

He is the kindest and generous of all my friends.

A) more generous among all my friends B) more generous of all my friends C) the most generous of all my friends D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

He is the kindest and the most generous of all my friends.

39

Your results depend not only on how much you have studied but how long you have read.

A) but also how long B) but also on how long C) but also on how much long D) No improvement

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Your results depend not only on how much you have studied but also on how long you have read.

40

The young hikers went as far as they finally got lost in the valley.

A) so far that B) too far that C) so far as that D) very far therefore E) No correction required

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

The young hikers went so far that they finally got lost in the valley.