Superb 30 Quizzes: Day 3 - Sentence Improvement & Completion for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e. 'No correction required'.

I have continuously requested my neighbours to turn up the volume of their television at night because it disturbs my sleep, but they have ignored my requests so far.

Question 2

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No correction required".

The company intends to provide opportunities that peek students' curiosity and expand their educational horizons.

Question 3

Direction: In the following question, a part of the sentence is bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. 'No correction required'.

It is a wonder that the deplorable conditions did not break up her spirit before today.

Question 4

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., 'No correction required'.

She called around the company, who had left a message for her, but could not get a proper response to her enquiry.

Question 5

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

The electricity company cut back on the electric connection because the recepients had failed to pay the bill on time.

Question 6

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., "No correction required".

In a country that adheres to the austere Wahhabi brand of Sunni Islam, which bans gender mixing, concerts and cinemas, the plan’s seemingly anodyne goals to empower women, promote sports and to investments in entertainment has been criticized.
I. promote sports and invest in entertainment have been criticized.
II. promotion in sports and invest in entertainment will be criticized.
III. promote in sports and invests in entertainment were criticized.

Question 7

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

The importance in the event does not count on and they keep on gazing with equal interest and absorption at a chorus girl or a man painting a sign.
I. Importance in the event does count up
II. Importance during the event does not count in
III. Importance of the event does not count

Question 8

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be (E), i.e., "No correction required".

He saw a large crowd scramble and to push excitedly in front of a billboard.
I. Scrambling and pushing excitedly
II. Scrambling and to push excitedly
III. Scrambling and pushing excitement

Question 9

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., 'No correction required'.

The researcher said, “In the UK it has been calculated that the cost is greater and that it must require 100 women to have annual mammograms for 20 years to potentially gain one year of life in a patient.”
i. great and that it should be required by 100 women to have annual mammograms for 20 years
ii. greater and it requires 100 women to have annual mammograms for 20 years
iii. great and 100 women must have an annual mammograms for 20 years is the requirement

Question 10

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given, more than one of which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is option (E), i.e., “No correction required”.

You must keep me inside the loop and let me know what the boss says about the presentation.

i. keep me apprised and let me know
ii. keep me in the loop and let me know
iii. keep me in the loophole and let me know

Question 11

Direction: In the following question, a sentence is given with a part of it missing and is represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the sentence complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

When an object is moving along a straight line at a variable speed, __________________.

Question 12

Direction: In the following question, a sentence is given with a part of it missing and is represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given which can fill the blank appropriately and make the sentence complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

Social policy is often the consequence of factors extending beyond an individual's social issue ______________ .

Question 13

Direction: In the following question, a sentence, with a part of it missing and represented by a blank is given. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the sentence complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

An audit report out on Wednesday by the NASA Office of the Inspector General found that the US space agency has spent lots of ____________________.

Question 14

Direction: In the following question, a sentence with a part of it missing and represented by a blank is given. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the sentence complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound). If none of the sentences is appropriate, mark (E) i.e., ‘None of these’ as the answer.

While most Saburuko came from a low class background, there were some who were highly educated __________

Question 15

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., "No correction required".

When team India hit more than 350 runs in the ODI, they cut the ground from under the opponent's feet.

Question 16

Direction: A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.

You don't have to travel in business class ______________ a private lounge at Dubai International Airport.

i. to avail the benefits of
ii. to gain access to
iii. for relaxing in

Question 17

Direction: A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.

If a nuclear war were to happen, the world and life _______________ bear the irreversible brunt.

i. like we know it will
ii. as we know it, will
iii. though we know will

Question 18

Direction: A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.

_________________________ just these two nations can demolish life as we know it.

i. Even a hypothetical war between
ii. Even though a hypothetical war between
iii. Even a hypothetical war among

Question 19

Direction: A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.

The tragedy of having seen Roger Federer play is that you know his career _______________________.

i. will eventually come to an end
ii. will end at some point
iii. will be ended

Question 20

Direction: The following question carries a statement with a blank. The statement is followed by three phrases, more than one of which may fit in the blank. Choose the phrase(s) that can be placed in the blank to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

War has no place in today's modern world, but a nuclear arms race is still ______________________.

I. taking place globally
II. a global issue
III. a looming threat at the global level